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...probably could have finished college without leaving Cambridge and been perfectly satisfied. But I decided to come to Oxford for the summer. After being a little worried that I was missing out on some killer internship or summer job, now I'm seeing everything I'm missing out on by being too afraid to come here for a year. Its so easy to compare Oxford to Cambridge, and to be homesick for decent food and familiar newspapers and the Boston Red Sox. But by knowing that I'll be back in my natural habitat so soon, it's just...
...some ways, my initial reaction to law only heightens the irony of the fact that I ultimately fell into the profession as the stereotypes would dictate--for the money. Last summer, I landed a fantastically interesting, intellectually engaging, resume-beefing internship with my congressional representative--which also happened to be completely unpaid. After the excitement wore off, and the prospect of being without money for the following semester finally hit home, I applied to work as support staff at a small legal practice with the hopes of augmenting my bank account and, perhaps, learning a little bit more about what...
...initial thought was to respond: "Well, during the year I am a student. Right now, I do nothing, but soon I'll be starting an internship, which means I will learn to fetch coffee and how far 'casual Fridays' can be pushed. But all that does not matter since I will be in France and what I will really be doing is improving my French, promoting intercultural dialogue and capitalizing on a legalized drinking...
After all, who am I to complain? So what if my summer won't earn me a sidebar in the Internship Bible? If I wanted to impress random strangers and resume readers I would have stayed in New York. As it is, I have two months of low stress life ahead of me. Hey, if my job gets too boring, they ain't paying me; I can quit...
After graduating from Harvard, Manson wasted no time in starting her medical career. She attended Case Western Reserve Union University Medical School, and then returned to Boston to complete an internship and residency in internal medicine, followed by a fellowship in endocrinology. She studied biostatistics at the Harvard Medical School and has been there ever since...