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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I keep hearing about HS kids doing "research" and getting "internships" to get into top colleges. What does this actually mean? Besides securing a spot through connections, I find it hard to grasp how a high schooler could provide value to a professor etc who is doing meaningful work. My friend's child "interned" this past summer, but all he did was clean the space. How is it that these kids are becoming coauthors on research papers? Especially since many, many STEM subjects are math-heavy, difficult to grasp, and require an insane amount of background knowledge?! Even if the kid is intelligent enough to understand the basic subject material, isn't it a liability for them to handle expensive materials/equipment? The title was sort of clickbait. I'm genuinely curious.[/quote] A lot of this is just myth. You hear about the one or two phenoms, but it's not commonplace.[/quote]
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