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Every summer we each go through the frenetic summer internship process in which the job search becomes a major source of stress and delight. For some it is the corporate route with dreams of Goldman Sachs and Merril Lynch while others pursue publishing or broadcast journalism. We apply to the Newsweeks, the Times and the Vogues intent on getting just one article published...
...applied for a summer internship over three months ago and I still haven't heard from any of the places I applied to. Waiting for a response about a summer internship is a long and agonizing experience. Each day passes without the letter and without the phone call while I am left biting my nails contemplating a summer spent working at Banana Republic...
...blur into one long, cold waiting period. While I have not yet had sleepless nights in which I stars at my ceiling anxious about my summer, I know that they are coming soon. I am constantly assuring myself not to worry and to stop demonstrating obsessive-compulsive behavior--an internship, any internship will come. My friends no longer bring up the topic of summer plans because I tend to start randomly screaming, "No, I don't know what I am doing for the summer...
...search for a summer internship began early for me. Last year I had waited until the very last minute to apply and ended up with a limited number of options. While I loved my internship and my entire Washington D.C. experience, I still wanted this summer to be different. I wanted to be able to choose from a wide array of internships including NOW, ACLU and the NAACP. Each one would offer me the chance to work in a politically charged environment in which I would actually be able to bring about significant societal change, or at least get coffee...
...blockmates is looking at the fashion industry, another at the State Department, but each is concerned with making sure she has the best and most challenging internship for her summer. Often the search turns bitter with two friends applying for the same public interest or advocacy...