I agree with you, Karen. As a BME graduate student who is still looking for an internship, I started doing research since my 3rd year in my undergrad instead of wasting my time waiting for that intern/coop as it was harder for me to get Because I am an international student who needs sponsorship. However, this doesn’t mean that I gave up, I am still hunting everywhere. I will add also: try to attend graduate seminars as much as possible to learn about different research areas and connect with other students and talk to the grad students about their research and labs.