<p>Nothing you say, DiscoveryInterns, would lead me to endorse your program or encourage a student to use it. I think what you do is despicable. You are actually taking good internships away from low-income, deserving students who don’t have money. I hope and pray that most companies stay far away from your programs, and select interns based on their experience and education and personal qualities, and not on their parents ability to pay. </p>
<p>And I think that this is an area where the alumni interview can be helpful. As an alumni interviewer, I ask about summer experiences, and if a student has a particularly interesting internship, I ask how they got it. I would hate to think that the student would lie to me about paying you to get the internship.</p>
<p>You could probably count on the fingers of one hand the number of high school students in this country over the last 50 years who could get a summer internship in London without the help an organization like yours. The vast majority of high school students can’t afford to go to London for an unpaid internship. So I bet that most admissions offices would look at that experience and think this kid has parents willing to pay big bucks.</p>