Questions tagged [internship]
A student or trainee who works, sometimes without pay, in order to gain work experience or satisfy requirements for a qualification.
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No proper reply from professor after acceptance
I had applied for an academic internship after my undergraduate studies. The professor has accepted me for the internship. But since then he has not properly replied to my emails. I need his letter ...
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How does a highschool student intern under a professor?
I have read that interning under a professor can not only help you gain a better understanding of a subject but also it can look good on your college resume. I was wondering how I could possibly do ...
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Long-distance collaboration as Master student
I am about to start a Master's degree in Computational Biology. My future goal is to do a Ph.D. in Europe in the field of Computational Biomedicine. I have already completed the first year of another ...
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Should I call professors on their office phone for inquiring about research internship opportunities?
There are many established university research internship program, which ask to get an acceptance from a faculty to apply for the internship. I tried mailing them, but none of them responded. Should I ...
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Does Mathematics research in proven problems have any importance?
This is my first post in this community, please excuse me if this kind of post is inappropriate.
I completed my second year of my Bachelor's Degree in Mathematics (where I study, all Bachelor's ...
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Approaching a company unsolicited for internship opportunities as an academic
It's already been discussed on here how to find internships/temporary research opportunities at universities and also when exactly to do an an internship at a company during one's PhD, but there doesn'...
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How likely is it for an international student to be supported financially during their internship in Austria? [closed]
I am a Master's student from Iran. I sent an email to a professor in Austria and asked for a PhD position. He said that he did not have any open position, but if I like, I can go there for an ...
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Re-implementing one's own proprietary code as open-source
I wrote some software as part of an internship. It worked well for the task and we published a paper on it. However, because the internship was at a company, not my graduate institution, the code is ...
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Will non-research but relevant extracurricular help me get into graduate school?
I understand that joining a sports team or student council won’t matter at all for graduate school. However, what about internships in industry, competing in science/engineering competitions, or being ...
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Is an internship in theoretical physics valuable for me?
I am planning to do an internship in a theoretical physics area for a year before applying for PhD. My current masters' thesis advisor (who is a hardcore experimentalist) warned me that I might not ...
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Finding an internship - resources for a middle school student?
I am interested in the fields of mathematics, physics, and computer science (broad, I know) but if I had the ideal internship it would be in a quantum computing lab. Really, though, I'm looking for ...
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Visa and funding options for undergraduate internship in US
I wrote to a professor (let's say Prof. X) in a US university (cannot disclose the name) for an internship over the next summer. Prof. X is happy to have me work with him.
The university has a ...
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Recommendation letter from assistant professor vs professor
Which one will be given more importance? A strong recommendation from a new assistant professor or an average recommendation from senior professor?
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Is it appropriate to apply again for an internship you've previously turned down?
I am in the process of applying to summer PhD research internships in industry (I'm in CS). Last year I had two appealing offers, but of course could only take one. This year I am still interested at ...
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How to select an internship topic from a set of suggested topics?
How would a student best select a topic among several suggested especially if it's her/his first time doing an internship and the internship period is short (2 months or 6 months)?
What are important ...
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How to prepare for undergraduate research of which I have no background in?
I recently applied and got accepted to a very large research lab in the U.S. Although the catch is that I did not get put into my major ( Biology ) and instead was placed into computer science ( ...
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Should I bargain my internship offer? [closed]
I have been searching for an internship for over a year now, and have finally and successfully gotten a job offer. The interview went very well, from the time I contacted HR, to the time I got 'hired' ...
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How should I stay in touch with the professor with whom I have arranged an internship?
This professor has accepted me for an undergrad research internship in 2017. How should I stay in touch and continue our email conversations for the following months? I did ask her to send me some ...
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How can an undergrad absolutely impress Research Professor during a research internship? [closed]
I have been accepted for a research position in a very renowned Medical Professor's research group over the summer. The internship starts after 5 months so I have enough time to prepare to perform ...
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Internships and their bearing on securing tenure track faculty positions
First off, my field is computer science (data mining and machine learning). I have noticed/observed that many individuals who have secured tenured track faculty positions recently had, while in ...
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How can I avoid learning secrets at a research internship that would block me from legally pursuing research interests after it's over?
I'm applying for a reserach internship at a company at which I just finished a software internship.
I also want to go to grad school to get a Master's degree in computational neuroscience.
Does ...
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How to conduct academic research across different fields as a undergrad?
I'm a freshman computer engineering major doing a summer research internship at a large public metropolitan university . My internship is a bit unusual. My internship is based in a Latino Studies ...
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Strength or Existence of letters of recommendation do depend on the intent right?
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How should I ask for letters of recommendation whose strength is dependent on intended program?
So I found out that one of the professors recommended a junior coursemate for an ...
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My internship mentor would not write a recommendation for me, should I include the internship in my statement of purpose?
I'm finishing up my MS and getting ready to send out PhD applications, and I am not sure about a particular item that should be included / or should not be included.
I spent a semester at a high ...
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I'm graduating engineering program in only six semesters but have gotten no serious work experience along the way. How much will grad schools care?
I am a pet and Nat gas engineering student. I am graduating in six semesters (three yr) and this fall will be my fifth semester. I did not apply for an internship my freshmen year because I was under ...
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Recommendation from foreign professor for defense/intelligence research internship
I'm looking into applying into research/academic internships in defense and intelligence agencies in the U.S. given my previous work experience and my research interest for the next year. All of them ...
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What does it mean when a professor says that he'll pay me as a 'mission' for an internship?
I applied for and got selected for a summer internship at a renowned research lab in Germany. The professor says they will try to fund all my expenses, but will pay me as a 'mission'. What does this ...
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Internship offers [closed]
I'm in a dilemma between 2 internship offers and would like to get some professional opinions here.
I'm an environmental engineering master's student (in US) and I have been professionally doing ...
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What are the potential benefits and pitfalls of leaving tenth grade early to pursue an internship at a prominent research lab?
I'm a tenth grader in high school and I'm passionate about my research in computational neuroscience. I'm in a unique situation, and I'm wondering whether I should leave tenth grade early this year to ...
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Sharing assignments with a potential employer
I'm currently a first year information technology student majoring in software development. I applied for an internship at a software development company. I got an interview and now they're asking to ...
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Politely asking a teacher I don't get along with to "hurry up"
I'm starting an internship as part of my bachelor in Bioinformatics study (in the Netherlands bachelors and masters are sometimes separate) and I have some trouble communicating with my teacher.
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How do I explain to a prof who is not happy with my actions which were simply a mistake due to miscommunication? [closed]
I had emailed a professor for a summer internship opportunity. He had accepted me and aksed me write a proposal for applying through a fellowship.
I replied back putting down some points for my ...
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Would it be impolite to ask the time of selection decision, although the information is available online?
I applied for summer internship(BSc level) in applied math in one of the North European countries a month ago. I would consider myself as a good applicant but I suspect that they accept very few ...
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Mass (spam) emails seeking short term internship, solutions
This question asking if the subject of current question is spam or not serves as the motivation for further, seeking solutions. As can be seen from the answers and comments, the emails from ...
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Internship university asks to give up all intellectual property
I am a graduate student of university A, and I'm going to do an internship in a lab in university B.
I used an internship contract from my originating university A, which stipulates that university B ...
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How to recover one's career opportunities after a period of poor performance
I read this question about falling behind, but my question is more about the long term.
I find myself becoming depressed at lack of overall opportunities in graduate school (in mathematics, ...
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I've applied an intership to prepare for grad school, but the acceptance result won't be sent before the deadline. Should I mention it in my SOP?
If everything goes smoothly, then before going to the grad school in fall next year, I will have an three-month long internship. The problem is, the admittance result will come after the deadline of ...
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Research internships at universities and funding
I'm going to graduate next summer from my bachelors. Before pursuing a masters program, I'd like to get to know research groups at different universities. Some universities seem to offer some kind of ...
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In order to apply for an internship in the United States, what exactly will I need to send? The academic transcripts of my grades? The TOEFL? The GRE? [closed]
I'm a French student looking to do an internship in the United States.
My question is: in order to apply, what exactly will I need to send?
I'm guessing I'll need to send a CV and a resume... but ...
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9 years too late to ask for letter of support?
A friend of mine applied to a distinguished professor and he asked for 5 letters of support. So, she reached out to someone she did a significant internship with 9 years ago and he doesn't seem to be ...
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Mailing list for internships and full time jobs for computer science PhD students [closed]
I have found many mailing lists for conferences. I just want to know: is there any mailing list that updates internship and full-time positions (computer science industry jobs and academic jobs) for ...
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Applying for internship in the US as a European Student
My question is about applying for a US internship(4 scale GPA) as a European student(with 10 scale GPA).
I took a look at this thread. An answer mentions that 93% of grades are 'A's, thus leading to ...
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How applicable are software engineering internships to computer science research and graduate school?
This fall I will begin my undergraduate degree in computer science at a top-5 program (to whom it offends, I'm sorry to use rankings). My goal after I graduate is to get a PhD so I can research and ...
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Professor stopped replying about internship
I emailed a professor about a research internship to which he replied saying that I could work under him, but without any payment. He had earlier mentioned that he would be more interested if I was ...
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How to explain to department's president that my time spent as an undergraduate assistant/intern was goalless?
This is a follow-up from my question here on my atrocious relationship with my internship/assistance as an undergraduate at a teaching lab.
Since I only have some weeks left to end this awful ...
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Summer Research with Advisor or at National Lab?
I have the option of doing research with my advisor this summer (yay, funding!) or working with a collaborator at a highly-regarded national lab (a research position, but called an internship). I have ...
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Am I allowed to do the work for a research assistant (RA) without having been awarded an assistantship?
I recently finished my undergrad degree and'm now enrolled in an entirely online graduate (M.Ed) program in educational technology/instructional technology.
Nonetheless, I'll be moving to the ...
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Dealing with intern supervisor who underestimates my abilities
I am an undergraduate student who got into a voluntary internship for a year in my department.
Without going into much detail, I'm a trainee in the lab where programming lessons are held with lots of ...
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Does name of university matter for internships?
I have been recently applying for summer internship positions in the engineering discipline. I am a senior undergraduate at UCLA university. My GPA is above 3.7 and I have both desired and minimum ...
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Is reusing part of an internship report self-plagiarism?
My university has a very strict policy on plagiarism (I presume as do all universities).
As an assignment I must write a report of my internship, but since it is my second internship I have already ...
