Cold Emailing for Research
Currently a rising sophomore in high school, and while most labs wont accept people my age, I'm using this downtime right now to help plan out how I can make myself competitive come application season in a few years. I wanted to get some info about those who got a research position via cold emailing, because I'm a bit confused on this. If I was a professor, wouldn't I be too busy on my own work and rather give the spot to one of my undergrad students rather than some random high schooler? Basically what I'm getting at is how do I make the email stand out and attractive to the doctor. Also if anyone can recommend any places that typically accept high school volunteers(ages 15 or so) in the New York area? I'm doing a research project this summer, so should I write about that in an email to doctors/researches who specialize in that field?