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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think this thread makes it clear that among higher SES parents college is now often seen as a service and when my! own! babies! have skin in the game all reason goes out the window and there is no desire to see or understand how academia really works because the most important thing is to SERVE! MY! SPECIAL! CHILD!

But here's the thing: academics are not service providers. They are educators and scholars and experts. We set our own agenda for research, service, and teaching. The outcome is to advance their field and part of that is shaping minds, but providing 16 yo Dylan or Sophia from Chevy Chase a summer internship is not that.

I also think a lot of people are misunderstanding the difference between shadowing and interning or being a research assistant. The first being theoretically possible and a fair ask, the second being a long shot and not really appropriate for a high schooler unless the program is specifically designed for them, and the later being totally implausible for a number of reasons that no one here wants to hear.

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Perhaps professors should tell their employers to stop caring about applicant's high school research? [/quote]

I sincerely do not know what this means. You think professors have connections to admissions? This is like telling a chef at Applebees to tell corporate marketing to change their logo. Absurd.

Research is not only possible at a summer college internship. It can be conducted in classroom settings and in APPROPRIATE PROGRAMS. High school teachers and counsellors should facilitate these opportunities - that is the appropriate place to start. [/quote]

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