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I am an undergraduate Physics student who will just be going to his second year right now. Currently, my summer break is going on and I am interning under the guidance of an Astrophysics professor at a reputed (graduate-level) institute in my country, and I am working on an interesting project (albeit quite basic given how I'm just an undergrad). Even though my project is quite basic, I find it quite interesting and I was wondering if it would be appropriate to ask my mentor to continue guiding me through the means of projects after the duration of the internship.
To elaborate, my internship is 3 months long and what I was basically wondering was if it would be appropriate to ask my mentor, at the end of my internship, if I can continue pursuing projects under his guidance even after the duration of the internship. One possible challenge I see is the fact that the university I attend is quite far from where I am interning right now, so once my uni starts, if my mentor agrees to continue guiding me, it would only be possible via online means; however, I don't think that should be too much of a challenge because the format of the projects is such that my mentor gives me certain tasks (for instance, reading a few papers and then coming up with equations or code, etc.) and then adding my results to a LaTeX document (on a shared Overleaf document) where he goes through my progress and gives me further work. Therefore, I don't think that this should really be a barrier.
Now, I am wondering if it would be appropriate to ask my mentor for such guidance or am I expecting too much?
To elaborate, my internship is 3 months long and what I was basically wondering was if it would be appropriate to ask my mentor, at the end of my internship, if I can continue pursuing projects under his guidance even after the duration of the internship. One possible challenge I see is the fact that the university I attend is quite far from where I am interning right now, so once my uni starts, if my mentor agrees to continue guiding me, it would only be possible via online means; however, I don't think that should be too much of a challenge because the format of the projects is such that my mentor gives me certain tasks (for instance, reading a few papers and then coming up with equations or code, etc.) and then adding my results to a LaTeX document (on a shared Overleaf document) where he goes through my progress and gives me further work. Therefore, I don't think that this should really be a barrier.
Now, I am wondering if it would be appropriate to ask my mentor for such guidance or am I expecting too much?