A Guide to Finding an Internship Niamh Marren “It is really hard for me to find an internship that is offered to high school students and connects well with my future interests,” Sofie Hai, a junior, said. This is one of the many common phrases said by students wanting to expand their extracurricular activities. High school students often find themselves having difficulty finding internships that connect with their professional career interests and are informative. As the accessibility for young students to pursue their own specialized interests grows, the importance and benefits of high school internships increases. Internships are an excellent way for students to explore different careers.
Students often decide whether or not they want to pursue a particular career based on their experiences with their internships. Alec Perkins, a junior who works for Integrated Personalized Medicine, is exposed to many different career fields through his internship. “The internship allows me to experience and work with a large variety of skills related to my career interests, and this exposure is the best method that I have found to narrow down what career path I want to follow in the future,” Perkins said. Having some level of professional experience as a high school student can make one stand out when applying for colleges and gives multiple op-
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