Internship? Possible admissions bias? Confused!

intparent
Mon, 11 Feb 2013 23:23:58 +0000

Yes, oldfort, at first I thought that is what the OP was saying (that he is going to intern for a Republican senator, and would that hurt his chances?). Of course there are many Republicans at Berkley (that does NOT mean that there is no admissions officer bias, though, you can’t know what was the applications of each student). But he is apparently saying that he is NOT a Republican, and his mom is saying, “Then why take the chance”? And as you say, why would you intern for a politician if you are not a member of their party? Interns DO help advance the agenda of the politician they are working for.