That's how I got mine. The way that works is, once the forms are sent in to they pass they to all the P.I's and then the P.I's pick out anyone of imnterest. I think I gave the address of the Mayo summer program to the Field and Career Services or Brock. But I will also E.Mail a grad student friend of mine and ask her to get Mayo to send the application forms to you. UCLA People here are leary of hiring freshman and sophmores.
Freshmen are three years removed from starting any full time stuff.
They are all very nice and appraochable. Head of Biology ect. He'd be a great future contact for the department and I think he is really good and a good teacher. Have the gang, simply ask them if there is any money and room available for a student to come in the lab and get some first hand experience. Tell them that I gave them there name because I think it would be a great lab to get some hard core practicle experience.