Unpaid internships

glassesarechic
Sat, 17 Jul 2010 19:28:09 +0000

The number of community service hours you complete doesn’t matter–the projects you’ve contributed to or played a key role in organizing do. It sounds to me like you’d just be collecting hours without making an impact if you quit the campaign.

Do you want to go into politics? I think you could make a really phenomenal essay addressing the menial tasks you do for the governor (which I assume, being an unpaid intern, you are doing a fair amount) and what you’ve learned–whether that be furthering an interest in politics, killing an interest in politics (which could be interesting), anything. If it means a lot to you, don’t quit. I think your father is wrong to ask you to quit, though keeping the internship may not mean acceptance into top schools, either.