Tuesday, October 23, 2007
Internships available to high school students
When people think of internships, college students come to mind. Now, high school students are taking advantage of them. Despite their lack of experience, high schoolers are relying on their interest level to land internships. NASA Goddard Space Flight Center has a summer internship program for high school students. They are paired with scientists and assist them with research. Recently I got to interview Matt Stankiewicz, a senior at Parkville High School who interns at the Space Telescope Science Institute. A business client of Matt's dad helped him land his first job but his interest played a key role. Matt is currently taking data and pictures from the Hubble Legacy Archive and making it into a useable form for scientists.
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This is really interesting. I think it would have been great to do a summer internship right out of high school. It would be a great way for students to work in an area that they are passionate about and get an idea of what the job entails and see if that is what they want to do for the rest of their life. It's also a great way to get experience in a given field and an awesome thing to have on a resume. You did really great with this Ben!!
~Megan, from class
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