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Originally Posted by MARK
I heard from them on Friday night. I got an offer at Ames. Very excited(!), but I don't know too much about the program. Is it a paid internship or more like a summer program? How competitive is it to get into anyway? Has it helped students find future internships? I would appreciate more info through pm or email if you have any. Thanks.
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I was in last year's Robotics Academy at Goddard. It's a paid internship - you get a $4,000 stipend and they provide housing. Also, you go on a couple trips to other NASA centers throughout the summer which you don't pay for.
In terms of what you do, you work 4-5 days a week (depends on trips) on a team of 4 students (one senior or grad student, 3 freshman/sophomore/juniors) on some form of robotics project. You'll have a mentor at NASA who may or may not do a lot of work with you directly, but is always available for guidance.
Last year there were over 800 applications for a total of 43 (I think) spots. It's hard to judge application numbers because the same application is used for multiple programs, though, so I don't know how much over 800 it was. So, in summary, it's pretty competitive.
It definitely helps with future internships - I have another NASA internship this summer. Everywhere I applied for this year was very interested in what I had done with Robotics Academy.
I hope this helps - feel free to contact me if you have any other questions.
Also, if people here are in it for this year, tell us what project you're working on! This is just me being curious.
Fiona
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