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However justified, the lengthy process is not attractive to many Harvard students who want to hit the ground running--whether it is for a summer internship or a permanent job. With promises of international travel and lucrative compensation, the likes of Goldman Sachs and McKinsey overshadow the CIA in terms of commercial appeal. Two things that the CIA relied on to stay competitive--the recruit's commitment to public service and ambition to impact the world--are eroding fast as disillusionment with the recruiting process fills the void...
Many Weissman interns spoke highly of the self-selective nature of the application process, noting that those students who ultimately receive awards tend to find internships they are deeply committed to pursuing. The challenges of finding an internship abroad also narrow the pool of applicants...
Several students said the encouragement they gained from OCS-sponsored meetings about the Weissman program gave them an impetus for the internship search...
...went to a meeting about it last fall," says Anne C. Durston '01, who worked for a family planning organization in Mexico City last summer. "The people who spoke there inspired me to look into finding an internship...
...intern's experience and the overall success of the program, even though they do not participate in day to day administration. Among the improvements Paul Weissman said he would like to see in the program are providing language training and allowing students to travel in the country of their internship...