Tips for Summer Research Programs for freshman

I'm finishing up my applications to several summer research programs, including sloan-kettering, Harvard stem cell, Johns Hopkins SIP, NIH, Leadership Alliance, and MD Anderson. My first choice would be sloan-kettering since the PI I work for now and throughout all of high school is on the admissions board for the program. Unfortunately, I'm a freshman so that means that I don't get much attention in the first place. Do you guys have any tips so that I can hopefully have a chance at some... Tips for Summer Research Programs for freshman
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