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Re: Internships
Awesome thread! Great question.
I consider myself an expert on interning. This is my 6th year interning in a row, and I got one more internship to go before I graduate college. I have interned at 6 different companies, left all of them on good terms, loved them all in their own special ways, and right now I am loving my current internship (in a lot of ways I think its the best).
Anyway, internships in high school. I got my first one through the Rutgers Dept of Material Science. They did this Nano-Technology initiative, I found out about it through a high school physics teacher, he wrote me a recommendation along with a chemistry teacher and I found myself developing next generation batteries and fuel cells for a summer. I mostly did lab rat type stuff for the summer, but it was a great hands on experience. I don't know if they still do the same initiative, but it was great. It was my first experience with lab view and some similar software, very cool all around. And they paid!! Not bad for a sophomore in high school.
My second internship in high school lasted for 2 years and it was with a small pharmaceutical marketing research firm, I found out about it through the guidance department. It was sales research, but it was interesting. Let me know if you guys need some advice with anything.
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