STUCK: Willamette or U Redlands?

essayteacher
Tue, 29 Apr 2014 06:57:35 +0000

I never heard of anyone at Willamette who was unable to get a desirable internship. The ratio of legislators at the Capitol to students across the street who want internships is high, and that doesn’t count other agencies, etc. I don’t remember competitiveness among students, and have not heard of it from more recent grads; the resources and opportunities are there for everyone, and Northwesterners are generally not interested in pretensions or status-seeking; showing off about brains or money or family connections can annoy people here. The coast, the ski runs and Portland’s music and food scene are all within an hour to 90 minutes, when you’re ready to leave the bubble. But the art building may have a ghost violinist, or so they say :)