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More and more students are beginning to pursue internships as early as high school. Though competitive, internships both provide valuable job experience and are a strong activity that students can put on their college applications.
1. Microsoft High School Internship
This summer internship is perfect for students interested in pursuing a degree in computer science. Students are placed within a team and are given a project to complete by the end of the summer.
This is an eight-week, paid summer internships to high schoolers interested in medical fields. Kaiser makes sure to save spots in their program for students who may otherwise not have been able to pursue a career in health.
Johns Hopkins hosts programs for underrepresented high school students to encourage them to pursue careers in science, public health or medicine. These programs focus on a variety of STEM- and health-related fields. Students who participate in the CARES program later present in a symposium.
The CIA accepts applications from college-bound high school seniors. Students participate in work relating to their intended college major.
NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center allows students to participate in either research or other experiential learning under the guidance of a mentor. The internships are meant to encourage students to pursue aerospace-related fields.
Students must be high school sophomores, juniors, and seniors at least 16 years of age. The internships occur on four campuses--Maryland, Virginia, New York, and West Virginia.
This program is available in all the places where the American Fisheries Society has available mentors. Students work side-by-side with professionals to see what science is like within the field.
Applicants must be a junior or senior in high school. The application opens December 17 and closes February 15.
Located at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES), this program is a six-week paid internship for graduating seniors who plan to pursue geosciences. Students attend lectures, hands-on activities, and field trips, while gaining two college credits.
Students work side-by-side with NIH biomedical researchers for eight weeks over the summer. To apply, you need to live near one of the NIH campuses. These campuses are located in Bethesda, MD, Baltimore, MD, Frederick, MD, Research Triangle Park, NC, Hamilton, MT, Framingham, MA, Phoenix, AZ, and Detroit, MI.
The application opens in mid-December and closes on March 1.
Spark is an organization that provides STEM opportunities to students in Seattle, Washington. They partner with local companies to provide computer science internships. Spark interns work on software, mobile app development, and web programming.
The requirements vary depending on the partner organization, and the application deadline is April 14.
This program is open to high school seniors entering a four-year undergraduate program. Students must be intending to major in computer science or a related area department. CSSI students will have the opportunity to learn more about computer science and interact with Google employees.