I go to a PASSHE (PA state school) school so I get TWC paid for by my school. I get 12 credits for free and all I have to pay for is housing, which comes to 3050. I’m from a small town and was looking for internships in cities anyway, so I am actually saving money by not having to pay for the credits plus housing.
I’m not sure why some people had trouble getting internships. Its possible they had a bad advisor or a poor resume. I could log on to the TWC portal and see what companies my advisor sent my application to every day. There’s a chance that person’s advisor was not doing his or her job. If you’re going to do the program, make sure you pay attention to those things.
Anyway, I had 12 people contact me in about a week to interview. I didnt even submit my application until the last day and my advisor didn’t start sending it out until less than 2 weeks ago because I was procrastinating my advising session with her and had to edit my resume before she sent it.
Also, don’t apply and do it if you have a completely blank resume. It’s really competitive just to be accepted into the program. You have to be approved by the campus liason at school, have a 3.0, recommendation letters, and they look at your transcript and essay. You’re competing for internships amongst some very smart people PLUS all the other geniuses flocking to the area for internships.
However, my resume is relatively strong because I’m in a few campus clubs relevant to my major, gotten awards from my school for being the top student in certain areas, part of one of the National Honor societies here, have really good grades, etc.
If you’re from a small area and/or get financial assistance for the program, I would recommend it as long as you are offered an internship position at a well established company. Just don’t give your housing deposit until you have a good internship so you don’t lose the money! Their housing won’t fill up from TWC students because once all of them have assignments they start giving the extra spots to people outside the program.