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[quote=Anonymous]I did research in a lab the summer before I started college and had it published.  I don't think it was anything I couldn't have done as a rising senior in high school, except I didn't have the opportunity sooner.  My gig was set up my the honors program at my university, not via connections.

For my project, the professor had an idea.  He told the grad student the idea and assigned him to supervise me.  The grad student taught me the techniques and trained me on the instruments.  Then I spent all summer running reactions, taking scans and recording my observations.  I ended up with good data.  The professor was the corresponding author on the publication.  The PI gave me the first author spot since it was all my data and plots.  The grad student was the second author.

I think there are many projects where a smart high schooler can be trained to be a pair of hands.  They likely aren't the one with the big idea, but that's okay.  Everyone starts somewhere and they likely still learned a ton just being there and working on a project, even if not the thought leader.  [/quote]

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