RE52

My D did the program in 2008 in Los Angeles. Clearly, one is paying for the housing, transportation and other events, not just the locating of the internship. Some students were extremely happy with their internships, some less so. My D was disappointed because she felt she got no feedack on her work, no mentoring and thus it was not a growth experience. Also, the program decided to scrap the car transportation for most locations and provide bus passes. LA is not a city that works well for public transportation. It is expensive but a great way to try out an unfamiliar city and have a built in social network.

amazon

Is it really that easy to get an internship on your own? Everyone is saying how easy it is to get a paid internship in the city of your choice. Is that true this year too? My daughter is a junior majoring in business - marketing, organizational behavior and intl business and Spanish. She's going to Madrid for a semester in the spring. I'm really afraid she won't find something on her own. Would employers know that you paid for the internship? Couldn't you just put the job on your resume?

Kenz07

Sometimes it is easy to get an internship on your own, but even with a high GPA it can be difficult if you are looking in a city far from home. And a student may put whatever they want on their resume- so nobody knows they "paid" for it.
And as a side note, my internship will pay thousands more than what I paid for the program.

amazon

So you did University of Dreams and got a paid internship? Why would it be harder to get an internship far from home? My daughter lives in New Jersey so New York / New Jersey would be her top choice but she goes to school in the midwest so she's also applying to internships there because those companies are recruiting on her campus. She thought it could be easier to get an internship in Minneapolis or Kansas City because there may be fewer people who want to go there. Also, her GPA is only 3.1 - it's a prestigious university though and she has good extracurriculars - a lot of leadership positions and is head research assistant for a professor now superivising 8 other students. She's looking for something in Marketing or Human Resources.

She also would be interested in something in London, Spain or Costa Rica. These would be really hard to get on her own although I think she has the documentation to work in England and maybe Europe because her father works in London and she lived there for a year and has something in her passport that she is legal to live in the UK.