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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]These students found their own internships and completed major research in 3 months or less?[/quote]

No - They find the internships in spring of their junior year.  Sometimes NIH, NASA, NIST and sometimes researchers at universities. [b] They work all summer -- summer between their junior and senior year[/b] -- and then finish their senior research project during their senior year.  So the seniors you saw searched Winter 2016, worked Summer 2016, finished project Fall 2016-Winter 2017.

I hope that clarifies![/quote]

Thank you for the clarification.  So these kids did their work in just one summer!  It seems to me that most of them just worked at an internship that was obtained through family connections and then wrote up the work that was being done at that lab.  No wonder Blair magnet with so many students with parents having connections to local labs excels.  [/quote]

Nope, some may have had connections, but most had to use cold contacts.  I think there are lists of mentors who have offered internships in the past, but the students are also encouraged to look for new sources.  It's a numbers game.  The kids send out lots of queries and hope for a positive response.

Also the kids don't just observe and write up somebody else's work.  I think the mentors help the kids come up with a manageable problem to focus on.  It may be just a piece of larger research, they may or may not get significant results, but it's their work.

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