Dartmouth's alumni network

Alston89
Sun, 28 Feb 2010 22:38:01 +0000

This past term I needed an internship due to a family emergency that kept me at home, but because it was unexpected I didn’t have a chance to apply for anything or go through recruiting. So instead, I sent this alum a 2 paragraph email asking about any opportunities at her company (she’s a senior executive at a Fortune 500 retailer), we met for coffee and after about 10 minutes she hired me!

I never filled out an application and most of the “interview” was spent talking about Dartmouth. During the internship we’d always make Dartmouth inside-jokes or make fun of this woman in our office who went to Penn lol.

I can’t imagine too many schools where a student can get a high paying internship from a stranger for really no other reason than attending their alma mater and being somewhat qualified.