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I really liked the uniqueness of the internship, it’s an experience you can’t get anywhere else, mostly as a high school student!

This was a really amazing experience as a ThinkNeuro Intern. I enjoyed learning R programming, and as someone who enjoys learning new coding languages, I really loved this aspect of the internship. I also enjoyed working with hard-working peers to make meaningful progress into our research topic. I would definitely participate in this internship again because I would to explore other fields of neuroscience as well. My research topic was in Computational Neuroscience, but I'm looking forward to exploring other topics such as Neurotechnology and Neuroimaging. Overall, this internship experience was a blast and I gained really helpful skills such as abstract writing, R programming, and most importantly, collaboration! I can't wait to see how much more this program will grow.

I loved working with others for this internship! The assignments were mostly simple and fun to achieve with some being challenging due to shortened submission times. I had issues with coding, as I didn't have an institution email to collect raw data. However, this was resolved easily by my project lead when she gave me the raw data export. This experience was very educational yet entertaining, and I would do it again if I had the chance. Our research topic was dopamine's role in addiction for patients with Parkinson's Disease. This helped me gain skills in research, communication, and teamwork which are very useful for my future programs in college, pharmacology or pharmacy.

During my time in the ThinkNeuro internship, I learned a lot of new skills such as time management, responsibility, and advocacy. It was my first internship experience, and I would definitely do it again. I especially enjoyed the R language programming academy, which was my first exposure to coding. I participated in the health disparities and public health topic and I highly recommend this topic for anyone seeking to learn more about these fields.

As an associate, I really enjoyed my experience there. However, I did notice that some interns were inactive the entirety of the internship. I do feel like ThinkNeuro could help deal with some of this inactivity. Overall, amazing experience! I will definitely continue onwards with this internship!

I was an intern at Thinkneuro for summer of 2025, and I felt that the experience was fun. I didn't really enjoy the R Programming course, but this was just me but I had a good time working with my chosen group and associate. I feel that your experience really depends on the associate you are paired up with, because they can really make or break your experience. My associate and co-associate were great though. A thing I am not sure of though is the qualification of the published research. I felt that there should maybe be a way for more articles to be published rather than just one, especially with how big ThinkNeuro is. I would do it again.

Interning at ThinkNeuro was a great experience. It was my first step into research. During these weeks, I learned how to use RStudio and gained an understanding of bibliometrics. During those two weeks of training with RStudio, it was easy to understand, and they were also available to answer any questions that arose. The thing that I enjoyed the most about this experience was working with my group on our research poster. My research topic was neurodevelopmental disorders. Some things that I gained from the experience were how to do figures and research articles, and where the most credible sites Overall, it was a wonderful experience, and I would do it again

I (rising senior in HS) thought that my associate and co-associate were great and my group was very organized as things were always getting done on time. I did neurotechnology and wearable devices as I want to go into biotechnology or BME, and it really helped me explore the trends in those fields. Furthermore, my associate always answered my questions and worked hard to help us with creating our research figures and even gave us the opportunity to format the poster itself. This was the best part of the internship and I am grateful to my associate and colleagues for being punctual! However, I felt like at times with the R programming workshop, it felt disorganized and many were left with questions that were unanswered. Aside from office hours, there was no real way to explain the work to the interns, but most of it was manageable as a first-time learner. Additionally, I was moved around to three different groups (I requested to be moved to Neurotechnology and Wearable Devices as that was my first choice, and after being moved to a group in that topic, I was moved internally between groups even after having started the projects) and I found that super frustrating as the reason I was given was for organization purposes and I had to leave groups I had already built rapport in. Thankfully my new group was very organized, but those running ThinkNeuro could do better. I have heard from many with similar/worse experiences, even associates too. I would recommend this for young high school students, but am not sure how useful it would be for undergraduates as the research is very bare minimum (although very interesting.) I would have liked the research to have been more in-depth. Additionally, I believe the $40 fee is NOT worth it, and the fact they gave no fee waivers at all was disappointing—for that price, I would have liked a more in-depth R programming workshop. There were definitely highs and lows, but I believe ThinkNeuro can improve. TL;DR: I feel that ThinkNeuro as a whole can improve its organizational structure, but the research is very bare and not worth it for undergraduate/late HS students. I personally found it interesting and had a great experience with my group but not sure how others will feel! I am interested in returning in the fall to see how it has changed, but the fee is definitely a deterrent.