Fasip

Penthesilea · 08-03-2005, 01:09 PM

Anyone else here doing FASIP? Thanks!

mit_hopefulgirl · 08-04-2005, 06:35 AM

I am!

Anyone else?

mitsoph · 08-04-2005, 07:08 AM

I did F/ASIP last year, so if you guys have any questions, feel free to let me know?

Oh! Laila · 08-04-2005, 10:01 AM

i am too!

Penthesilea · 08-04-2005, 10:28 AM

I know on the FASIP, it says that it doesn't guarantee you an internship... but after doing the program, does it increase your connections and your chances of finding one? Also, is it difficult to find an internship opportunity overseas?

Oh! Laila · 08-04-2005, 10:29 AM

I HAVENT APPLIED YET!!!!
did u guys get accepted already??? :-/

mit_hopefulgirl · 08-04-2005, 10:32 AM

laila quick! The deadline's 15 Aug

I have the same qn as penthesilea - what's the approximate percentage success rate of finding an internship for fasip participants? Thanks!

mit_hopefulgirl · 08-04-2005, 10:33 AM

And yeah laila, I got an email saying I've been accepted to fasip. I hope it's not too late!

Oh! Laila · 08-04-2005, 10:46 AM

aaaaargh i really hope its not too late :-/

mitsoph · 08-04-2005, 11:13 AM

for the few of you who asked about the success rate, it is true that there is no guarantee of an internship but it definitely helps. if for nothing else, you are forced to have a resume early on so it makes it so there is no last-minute scrambling. I would guess that most people got internships, and the ones who didn't probably did not try to hard to obtain one or only were looking for a certain area.

there are opportunities with companies that are open to only f/asip students so that makes the applicant pool a lot smaller. i ended up getting mine outside of the program through networking, which f/asip also makes use of and makes you aware of.

as for international internships, they are possible. i know that they were mentioned a few times in the seminars, but i wasn't paying too much attention because i wasn't looking for one.

Becky · 08-04-2005, 11:30 AM

I got an email saying I was accepted!

I wasn't expecting to hear until August 30th, so that was a nice surprise!

River Phoenix · 08-04-2005, 12:10 PM

Admission to FASIP is first come first serve.

Oh! Laila · 08-11-2005, 01:56 PM

wheeeeeeee i got in!!!!

portlander · 08-11-2005, 09:01 PM

when did you apply, Oh! Laila?

mit2007mit · 08-12-2005, 12:38 AM

I did it, but did not get an internship. Then again, I wasn't as aggressive in the application process as I should have been.