popjinx Posted April 13, 2004 Share Posted April 13, 2004 Over the last 3 months I have been applying to various companies for a chemistry internship; however, due the fact I am only a sophmore, no one wants to hire me. I really want some lab experience. Where should I look? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfson Posted April 13, 2004 Share Posted April 13, 2004 Have you tried "work experience" based applications. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
popjinx Posted April 14, 2004 Author Share Posted April 14, 2004 The problem is I am only a sophmore in college, and I have no experience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfson Posted April 15, 2004 Share Posted April 15, 2004 Well in the Uk, we can do "work experience" thats to help build experience in a subject, i.e. we can visit ICI and do the techs job, for a period usually 1month, and if you get on well, the school/college will allow you to have say 2-days a week at the specific area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radical Edward Posted April 21, 2004 Share Posted April 21, 2004 does your university run any schemes? My old university used to run a scheme called UROP (Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program) .... perhaps ask some of the department heads, since they might have a bit of spare cash floating about Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zhuam Posted August 5, 2004 Share Posted August 5, 2004 Get reseach in your university first. Same here, I applied as sophomore and they thought I did not have experience. It is kinda ironic, if you do not hire me how in hell am I going to get experience? But anyhow, companies think that students are retards and cannot learn pretty basic techniques in a short amount of time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badchad Posted August 5, 2004 Share Posted August 5, 2004 if you're at a university then it's quite likely you're professor's do research. Approach one of them and ask. Work experience will get you quite far in the field of science. Personally, if I didn't have any work experience I wouldn't have gotten into graduate school. If you plan on obtaining a higher degree you'll need it. SO even if you do an internship and work fro free, it'll be worth it in the long run. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbp6 Posted August 10, 2004 Share Posted August 10, 2004 zhuam is correct of course, reasearch at your university then get the internships. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SurfSciGuy Posted August 11, 2004 Share Posted August 11, 2004 I guess it must be different in the states, but I found it relatively easy to get work in industry after two years of study (I worked for Avocado research chemicals doing large scale manual synthesis after my second year). What exactly are you looking for? If you're trying to get a temporary research position in industry I'd forget it without direct university help. You should be looking for some work in production, QC or even the business/admin side (knowledge of how the business works is also very useful). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bloodhound Posted September 17, 2004 Share Posted September 17, 2004 hey surf guy. i am doing maths at notts. and i wanna get a internship is a financial instutution. or something like that. where do u think i should start? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vixenell Posted September 30, 2004 Share Posted September 30, 2004 Definitely apply at your school or at other schools first. I was able to do summer research at Rockefeller the summer after my freshman year, so you just have to research the REU programs that look specifically for freshmen and sophomores. You can't expect to get an industry internship without doing some type of research first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oceansman Posted May 23, 2005 Share Posted May 23, 2005 Depends on your GPA, but the Nat'l Science Foundation in the US has REU internships available, Research Experience for Undergrads, and Soph's are taken into the program - several universities offer these programs, go to http://www.nsf.gov and search for either "REU" or "Research Experience for Undergraduates". I got into it without a 3.0 gpa because I posessed experience working as a crew member aboard a research vessel the previous summer, so it is doable without a 3.0 as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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