Written By: Sejal Bilwar
Internships are a great way to be exposed to a working environment and will give you a leg up in college admissions. These internships are very diverse and let you dabble in each field to have an idea of what to major in. Here are 5 great internships!
Berkley Micro/Nano Lab Internship: The Berkley Micro/Nano Lab Internship is an internship at UC Berkeley offers an eight-week internship for seniors. There are many projects to browse through with the program sign up.
Link to opportunity: https://nanolab.berkeley.edu/public/general/outreach/participants.shtml
Facebook Summer Academy: Facebook Summer Academy has over 100 high schoolers who are full-time residents of East Palo Alto, Belle Haven in Menlo Park, and North Fair Oaks in Redwood City are given a chance to extern with the world’s leading social media network.
Link to opportunity: https://facebooksummeracademy.com/eligibility-3/about-3/
Kaiser Permanente L.A.U.N.C.H.: Kaiser Permanente L.A.U.N.C.H which prepares participants for a career in healthcare. In fact, many past L.A.U.N.C.H. participants are now employed at Kaiser Permanente in positions such as a nurse, department administrator, lab technician, optician, and engineer. This internship allows a lot of students to get exposed to the diverse types of careers in healthcare and more.
Link to opportunity: https://about.kaiserpermanente.org/community-health/communities-we-serve/northern-california-community/community-programs/kp-launch-diversifying-the-future-of-health-care
Stanford Institutes of Medical Summer Research Program: Stanford Institutes of Medical Summer Research Program is a unique eight-week program where students perform basic research with Stanford faculty, postdoctoral fellows, students, and researchers on a medically-oriented project in one of eight areas or a bioengineering boot camp. This is a great internship for students who want to have a career in medicine.
Link to opportunity: https://simr.stanford.edu/
Google Computer Science Institute: Google Computer Science Institute is intensive, interactive, hands-on, and fun. CSSI is a three-week program open to graduating seniors with a passion for technology who intend to enroll in a full-time BA/BS program in the U.S. or Canada. This internship focuses on the engineering side of opportunities.
Link to opportunity: https://buildyourfuture.withgoogle.com/programs/computer-science-summer-institute/