u/Different_Formal2973

Hi,

I can't stress thos enough, but going to confrences or anything of that sort will prove a whole lot more successful than cold emailing.

Now I'm not saying cold emailing doesn't work, it does in some cases and even has some benefits over this method (Not limited to location), but meeting a professor in person increases your chance of getting an internship by 100%.

You leave a stronger impression as they get to actually meet you and interact with you rather than you just being one of the hundreds of faceless students emailing them everyday. This is especially important for professions (e.g. Medical, Eng, Aero, Chem, etc.) where lots of students are seeking out these oppertunities.

The best part is that as soon as you get one professor that you keep in contact with they refer you to other professors, as professors are much more likely to answer emails from others professors associated with a organization. For example, I had this education professor I met at a science fair which refered me to 2 aerospace profesors, one of which I secured a full lab internship from.

I have met so many professors through this method, including a edu. prof., Harvard/Columbia professor, 1 environmental eng., 2 NASA aerospace eng. professors, and a multitude of grad. students.

Of course cold mailing still works wonders, but I thought to share this alternative method that proved more successful in my experience!

Good luck on yall's lab internship journey!!! (Even if you don't get one, researching independently works awesome too! That's what i did last year which I think also helped with my credibility.)

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u/Different_Formal2973 — 11 days ago

This was such a double whammy day since I found I got rejected by SEES and was down in the dumps, but then found out that some professor at a good university was willing to take me into their aerospace lab. Not just like those virtual ones either, like a full lab internship for an entire summer working in the middle of THE space city.

I'm genuinely so over the moon right now, and it's probably for the 180 my mood did when I found out.

So funny that I found out on the same day too, but anyhow take my experience as advice that it isn't over just because you got rejected and that you'll be fine!!!

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u/Different_Formal2973 — 15 days ago