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...full-time student at Northeastern University, David handles a full courseload along with the internship at KISS 108, an eight hour per week commitment. After taking advantage of Northeastern's co-op program for several semesters at various corporations, he called up KISS, was invited for an interview and was offered the job on the spot. "I love it here," grins David, "Everyone is really cool, my supervisor Skip Kelly is really helpful and is always available to answer my questions. The DJ's, too, are really cool, very nice, and they're always respectful. I look forward to coming...
...season to be rejected. All over America and the world, 17-and 18-year-olds have received thin envelopes informing them they weren't quite good enough for Harvard. Here, meanwhile, 19-year-olds have been told they weren't quite good enough for that unpaid internship in Congress or that menial job at Newsweek. Twenty-year-olds have been told they weren't quite good enough for that thesis grant or prestigious fellowship. And 21-year-olds by the dozen have been told they weren't quite good enough for Yale Law or johns Hopkins Med., for that...
...this point a letter would be sent to those in the "no" group. Instead of sugarcoating the rejection with self-righteous comments about the selectivity of the internship program, institutions would need only state the facts: "Thank you for applying. Unfortunately you did not meet the qualification level for a White House internship this year. This is how you can work to become qualified in time for next year's application process." Forthright and honest, such a letter also takes the "We just didn't like you" element out of the picture...
...expect to see this plan adopted anywhere anytime soon. Too many people stake their meaning as persons on the right to admit or reject twentysomethings. But I can promise you this. If I ever have the good fortune of finding myself with the title "Internship Coordinator," it will be lottery time indeed...
...uses the term "finalist" differently from other programs. In this case it means that all 30 students simply have to pick the area of government they wish to work in and find a specific internship opening. In practice, PMI finalists say, this means that any finalist who wants an internship should...