At a Glance

• Many career paths can lead to a happy life.
• College, vocational programs and the military are just a few of the possibilities.
• The right career path should meet your child’s needs right now. ​Read On: :-)

Biology & Environmental Science

• American Fisheries Society Student Opportunities and Internships (Multiple locations)
• Association of Zoos and Aquariums (Multiple locations)

• Bronx Zoo Teen Internship Program (NY)
• Brooklyn Botanical Garden Apprentice Program for High School Students (NY)
• Cornell Boyce Thompson Institute High School Internship (NY)
• Earthwatch Institute Student Fellowship Programs (Multiple locations)

Engineering

• American Society for Engineering Education (Multiple locations)
• Boston University Research Internship in Science & Engineering (MA)
• CIA Internships (Multiple locations)
• Cooper Union University Research Internship Program (NY)
• Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory QuarkNet Summer Research Program (IL)

1. National Student Leadership Conference on Medicine & Healthcare
​NSLC gives high schoolers a setting to learn about controversial medical issues, today’s health care challenges, and advanced scientific research in areas such as cancer and HIV/AIDS. The program is offered at:

• American University
• Georgia Tech
• Harvard Medical School
• Northwestern University

Job hunting is not easy, especially finding who all are hiring. Here's all we need:

1. plan a good strategy and a clean pragmatic timeline. Check out this article https://www.themuse.com/advice/the-ultimate-timeline-for-landing-the-summer-internship-of-your-dreams for more details.
   
2. Have a quality resume a a values oriented
   

I have made a list below of resources that will hopefully guide you to the best employers. I say this for CS as that is my field.

1. 50 Fortune 500 Companies Offering Computer Science Internships
2. DeAnza college website internship listing bay area employer partnerships
3. Salesforce internships 
4. Microsoft Explore
5. LinkedIn listings

We visited this school when Shreya was on the hunt. For the $$ and the rating this is a top of the line school in an ideal location. They have a great CS program as well as a solid liberal arts program. https://www.topuniversities.com/universities/university-washington .

Some web links, resources discussed in the class are:

1. Malcolm Gladwell's talk on why STEM aspirants should consider NOT going to the prestigious schools 
2. SalesKoch Blog BOOKMARK: https://www.saleskoch.com/college-admissions-blog/category/freshmen-sophomores 
3. Resume building website http://creddle.io
4. Shreya's unplugged comments document: 
5. 4-year college admissions planning document 

SESSION VIDEOS
9th and 10th Grade - Session I

1. Looking back, wiser now
2. 4-Year Action Plan
3. Four dimensions of the college app

9th and 10th Grade - Session II

1. What we learned
2. Shreya (unplugged)
3. Career Options

I've used my personal experience with Shreya's admissions and the WSJ ratings to come up with this list.

Shreya is amongst an amazing team of college going kids who are represented in this list https://toolkit4college.wordpress.com/. These students are happy to share their learnings and why they made that college their priority. 

Look around you, there's literally nothing you can do without access to technology. The largest five companies in S&P 500 are technology companies, control 25% of the revenues of that powerful index. In today's digital economy, just knowing the three Rs i.e. Reading, wRiting and aRithmetic are clearly not going to get you over the hump. 

My daughter Shreya recently taught a remote learning class in Python programing. For an CS class she had great success with a 100% course completion and that was attended by a global audience. She requested I join one of the sessions to talk to the needs in the field and I happily obliged.