Summer internships - not too late?

TheDad
Tue, 22 May 2007 22:05:08 +0000

Another datum: D applied to four internships in D.C. after having had a spectacular one there for five months last year. Two of them had stated preferences for grad students. She was the bridesmaid on one of the remaining two, a place that took only one intern and selected someone who could start significantly earlier and stay significantly later…the asked her to apply for a paid research assistant position next year if she were going to “gap” before grad school.

After assessing things, and beset by logistical difficulties in applying from Europe, about a month ago she decided to start applying for some internships close to home. She contacted a local Congressional office last week and was hired three days later to start four days after she gets back from Europe.