Internship stretched a bit from my field

[Dougggggg]

I am a Math and Physics major. I eventually hope to go to graduate school for one or the other. The areas of Physics I am more interested in are a bit more towards academic research, not really applied physics or engineering. I have a friend who has a farther that works for an applied physics lab that does summer interns. So I can easily get a good recommendation. In the information about what they want they say "Engineering and sciences majors (predominantly EE and CS)." I actually enjoy don't mind Engineering type physics, I just wouldn't want to do it for my entire future. I am much more interested in advancing the subject of Physics itself. I will be talking to that friends farther sometime this week via skype and I am not going to lie to the guy and tell him engineering is what I want to do for the rest of my life. I was thinking about saying something similar to what I have said, I find it interesting but I have other goals I want to pursue. Also for submiting the resume I don't want to lie to the them either. Somewhere deep down I have some shreads of morality and a soul left. So basically the questions I have are, what should I tell them exactly, and do I really have a shot at getting this despite my interests being away from that field?

Sorry for the lack of order to that whole paragraph.

 

[hadsed]

I think that you shouldn't bring up that sort of thing. That's not to say that you should lie, but you shouldn't make it so apparent to them. If they ever ask what your interests are for your future career, tell them, but telling them upfront that this is really not what you'd rather be doing is not a good idea. Rather, try and focus on the things that will benefit you from doing this internship, and tell them how you think it'll help you. Again, if they ask, sure you can tell them, but I wouldn't bring it up if I could help it.