The Quill guides
Getting into a lab, explained properly.
Practical, no-fluff guides for high schoolers trying to get into a real research lab: how to find the right professors, read their papers, and write the one email worth answering. Written by the team behind Quill, from the patterns in thousands of real outreach emails.
When to email professors about researchThe months, weeks, and times of day that triple reply rates, and the timeline worked backward from summer.
Research opportunities for high school studentsThe four real paths: selective programs, university pipelines, direct emails, and independent projects.
How to email a professor for a research internshipThe exact structure, template, and mistakes to avoid when cold-emailing a professor for a research internship as a high school student.
How to get a research internship in high schoolThe complete path from zero to a university lab position as a high schooler: picking labs, reading papers, email timing, and what happens after yes.
The cold email template professors actually answerCopy-adaptable cold email templates for reaching professors, with the follow-up variant and the anatomy of why the structure earns replies.
How to read a research paper as a high schoolerA three-pass method for reading dense journal articles at sixteen: the shape, the one interesting thing, and the honest limitation.