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Re: Internships

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Originally Posted by Chris is me View Post
You need to get pretty lucky to get them in high school.
It's not about luck. It's about who you know and how determined you are to get a position with a particular company.

During first semester of my senior year of high school, I was an intern at Rolls-Royce. Their system is really competitive. There's an application process and they only pick 6 students per semester. The experiences you gain there are invaluable, though. They rotate you through three different departments so you get a variety of experience and small projects. All but one of the students during my time there was on a FIRST team.

During second semester, I got into Allison Transmission via a mentor from my team. I've done a lot of organization and simple data analysis since I've been here. I got in the middle of a rather large project near the end of the school year, and my supervisor asked me to stay over the summer, so that's how I'm here. It wasn't hard to get the internship here at all.

Just a few pointers:
On your resume include a section about all that you've done with robotics and how that can translate into a particular company's needs.

Remember, it's a job. And you are the primary benefactor because in an internship, you are surrounded by highly knowledgable people. Always be respectful, and always be observant.

An internship is also very time consuming. During my last year of high school, I couldn't participate in very many after school activities because of it, but it was well worth it, in my opinion.
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