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Asking for an internship?

.kbf?.kbf? Registered User regular
edited January 2010 in Help / Advice Forum
There is a professor at my university who is doing research in the field I eventually want to work in. Would it be appropriate to just... show up at his office and ask him for an internship?

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  • GafotoGafoto Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    Yes.

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  • TrillianTrillian Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    I showed up at my professor's office and straight-up asked for free help on my for-profit research project and he was all over it.

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  • samsam7samsam7 Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    Bring your resume too. You might want to read up a bit on what he is doing specifically and convey your ideas/thoughts about it.

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  • shadydentistshadydentist Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    Check his research website if he has one, and have your resume ready. Also, find out if there are other sources that you can get research funding for. At my school, any engineering undergraduate doing research can apply for a stipend.

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  • khainkhain Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    Doing research is quite a bit different than a internship, but regardless you should just go ask him.

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  • ceresceres When the last moon is cast over the last star of morning And the future has past without even a last desperate warningRegistered User, Moderator Mod Emeritus
    edited January 2010
    This is exactly what I did, and I start doing work this term. :D

    I don't know about your school, but at my school an internship cannot by definition be obtained on campus. You can go to another campus and worth with another professor, but if you stay on the same campus it's not technically an internship. It doesn't matter, you want to do research with the guy and you can and totally should ask about it, but be aware of the terminology, and if you have a specific "internship" requirement be aware that this might not fill it.

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  • VisionOfClarityVisionOfClarity Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    I've done several internships on campus, as long as my school wasn't paying me it was considered an internship (when my school paid me it was a job or a fellowship). One of which I obtained because I liked the work the prof was doing and essentially asked to have an internship assisting him in his research.

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  • DeebaserDeebaser on my way to work in a suit and a tie Ahhhh...come on fucking guyRegistered User regular
    edited January 2010
    short answer: yes. The worst he can do is say 'no', and if he does, well fuck him.

    long answer: pretty much every university has an interweb listing professors, their biographies, likes, dislikes, astrological sign, and shit they're working on. Read the materials available and then ask him so you don't come off as some dumbfuck that's wasting his time.

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