What are some good summer internships for a high school sophmore?

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While I can't recommend specific internships, what I can recommend (and if you do some research on gaining high school internships specifically you'll find similar advice) is to A. reach out to people instead of looking for offered options and B. try to reach out to as many people as possible. Firstly, on A., there are a couple of reasons for this. One is that with posted internships, you'll usually be competing against college students. As a high schooler, your resume may be incredibly impressive, but sometimes prospective employers will just search for age as an indicator of skill or maturity. This of course isn't always true, but you need to react as necessary to it. Reaching out and cold emailing people allows you to be the only person you are competing with. Additionally, but reaching out to people yourself, you can impress prospective employers with your initiative and eagerness to better yourself. There are particular things you might want to mention that are covered really well here: https://www.shemmassianconsulting.com/blog/internships-for-high-school-students, as well as some other useful pieces of advice about networking and locating possible employers. Try to look for employers whose business models or techniques specifically impress and appeal to you, but don't get too set on any particular place, which brings me to B. You will probably get a few "no"s, so emailing as many people as possible helps you raise your odds of getting at least one "yes". Don't use a cut-and-paste template for each place of course, but try to reach out to multiple people. Sooner or later you'll find a yes. That way, you don't have to wait to hear a "no" to reach out to another person, if you get two offers, it's always okay to simply choose one and let the other know you received a better opportunity elsewhere so, unfortunately, you have to turn the other down. Hopefully, these tips work for you, and good luck on the internship search!