Summer internship choice..
Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2010 1:10 pm
Ok, so Im entering my last summer before applying to law school and its time to get an internship. I will likely have two main choices, both with their own pros. I know this is usually a pretty minor soft but I am a URM whose top choices are Stanford/Berkeley(if they give me money) so any little bit would help. Ive also heard that URM applications may be scrutinized a bit more than mainstream candidates.
1) Teaching for a literacy program with one the children's defense fund freedom schools. This choice is attractive because it, along with another volunteer tutoring program i did, will allow me to connect a job that have done with my personal statement topic(why education is important to me/how it has affected my life). In addition, I am a first generation college student so helping disadvantaged children kind of makes my personal statement more personal. Pay is decent(2500ish for 6-7 weeks of work)
2) Corporate internship at the headquarters of a Fortune 500 company. Obviously this gives me good work experience, a big name on my resume, and a connection to a major company. Pay is also a little better (4k+ for 9 weeks).
Any advice/thoughts?? Im not really sure how much the whole having the teaching experience thing will help my application and while im not really desperate for money, having an extra 1500+ could be pretty helpful with the expenses I am going to have with law school stuff coming up.
1) Teaching for a literacy program with one the children's defense fund freedom schools. This choice is attractive because it, along with another volunteer tutoring program i did, will allow me to connect a job that have done with my personal statement topic(why education is important to me/how it has affected my life). In addition, I am a first generation college student so helping disadvantaged children kind of makes my personal statement more personal. Pay is decent(2500ish for 6-7 weeks of work)
2) Corporate internship at the headquarters of a Fortune 500 company. Obviously this gives me good work experience, a big name on my resume, and a connection to a major company. Pay is also a little better (4k+ for 9 weeks).
Any advice/thoughts?? Im not really sure how much the whole having the teaching experience thing will help my application and while im not really desperate for money, having an extra 1500+ could be pretty helpful with the expenses I am going to have with law school stuff coming up.