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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]BECAUSE THERE ARE HIGH SCHOOLS WHO REQUIRE STUDENTS TO DO RESEARCH PROJECTS WITH A COLLEGE PROFESSOR.

My kid had to do that. He cold-contacted dozens of profs in different universities for a school-mandated mini research project. Only one responded, and he was really nice, and my kid was very grateful and tried to take up the least amount of his time as possible. He aced the project and thanked the professor.

You don't even need to respond to these emails, OP. All we're asking is that you stop whining about children who are required by their schools to do certain things. YOU LOOK NASTY.

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Those high schools should then compile a list of willing professors, not send kids out to blindly email random professors hoping for research when it is clear many profs do not think high school students are helpful for research.

I’m curious what school does this and why?  And what support do they give students in finding research?[/quote]

Walter Johnson HS, APEX program (MCPS, public school system in MD). Senior year project for a semester. 
There was no support at all, the goal was for the kids to be entirely independent. They needed to present their work in front of a panel at the end of the semester.

This was 2 years ago. The APEX program has since been revisited: they're letting in more kids (entry GPA is significantly lower) and doing away with the harder parts. I'm not sure this semester-long project has survived.

My point is that OP is blaming kids when she or he should be blaming high schools, or other factors. My kid was required to do this in order to graduate.

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