Question: Do professors actually want to accept high school students into their research groups?

Oct 3 (edited) in Research & Science Fair

I emailed some professors and got a reply back saying that working with minors requires them to complete crazy amounts of paperwork. Also the opinion of many academics on reddit agrees with this saying that accepting a high school student would be more of a liability and hinderance rather than an asset. Is this actually true for those who have gotten accepted by a professor? Also is it better to cold email professors/companies or to join a structured research program (one that usually costs money).

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