<p>hey do you think a letter from mayor bloomberg would really give me an advantage to getting into jhu(he founded a school there or something). im a junior right now and im deciding whether or not i should spend my time doing another internship. Although i enjoy doing internships i recently found out that they are very time consuming (just finished one with my senator and did one over the summer at a hospital).</p>
<p>depends on how peronsal you can get ur letter. a letter for a govt official usually isn't a good idea. unless you worked directly with him and he got a chance to know you really well. a letter from a gov't official that doesn't know you might actually hurt ur chances.</p>
<p>bloomberg has a building named after him. i think its for the astronomy department i dunno</p>
<p>still i think thats the coolest thing i've ever seen. how do u kno mayor bloomberg??? that would be so awesome cause hes alumni. but im with chem, make sure he knows who u r. still wow that is so cool.</p>
<p>my school has this program called "hunter scholars program (icy)" for seniors that finish their credit and as a senioryou can decide whether you want to intern for college credit. my guidance counselor was able to hook me up with mayor bloombergs internship. it wasnt an open program or anything so i got really lucky</p>
<p>Bloomberg has actually donated a lot of money at Hopkins - the Physics/Astronomy building is named after him, as is the School of Public Health and a need-based scholarship. Also, I've heard that he's the one who paid to have the marble and brick walkways put in.</p>
<p>As for a recommendation, I agree with what chemaddict17. I would say only do the internship if you're actually interested in it (and not solely to get the recommendation)</p>
<p>Bloomberg is the best. He is actually been known to fly down in his personal helicopter and land on campus to see Lacrosse games. </p>
<p>You all should read Julia's blog on Hopkins Interactive -- she just went to Bloomberg's inauguration: <a href="http://hopkins.typepad.com/julia/%5B/url%5D">http://hopkins.typepad.com/julia/</a></p>
<p>AHahhahah awesome!</p>
<p>I took the Stars & Universe: Cosmic Evolution course at Bloomberg this summer! Its an awesome building! So much going on in there!!</p>
<p>I wish I could meet Mr. Bloomberg!</p>