Business Development Internship or Study?

Career Opportunities & Internships
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<p>Hey guys,</p>

<p>I'm an upcoming senior. Last week I talked to a hiring manager at a tech startup. He was impressed, but didn't know I was 17 - I think they were expecting grads. Since he liked me, he said he'd contact chief of staff and see if he is flexible on the business development internship position and if he'd be willing to open it up to me. The hiring manager contacted me this week saying chief of staff would like to meet me in a coffee shop.</p>

<p>The meeting is next week. I feel I have a decent chance since the Chief is willing to be flexible on the internship for me. The thing is, I'm not done with SAT/ACTs yet and I really want to study a lot for them to do well. I score in the 2100's for SAT, and 32/33/34 ACT range. I want to consistently score 2200+ and 34+, which I am not quite doing yet.</p>

<p>Do internships look really good on college apps? Or am I better solely prepping for SAT/ACT? I am going to apply as a comp sci major and this is a business development internship at a tech startup. </p>

<p>Should I really try to fit both things into my schedule? Do tech/business internships look really good, or should I solely prep for SAT/ACT? I need advice. Thanks guys. </p>

<p>Not sure of hours/pay for internship yet. Just trying to see how I should best spend my summer time as an upcoming senior.</p>

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<p>Work experience always looks good, whether it is in applying to schools or applying for other jobs. It means that you can show up on time, get things done, understand an organization and follow directions. It will give you an edge on other internships or jobs too.</p>

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<p>It depends. If the internship is going to be a valuable learning experience, rather than a paper-filing experience, then it will be that much more valuable.</p>

<p>That being said, there’s no reason you can’t work on prepping for SATs AND do the internship. There’s only so much you can prep for SATs.</p>

<p>Also, this isn’t quite relevant, but isn’t it kind of late for an internship?</p>

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<p>Even a paper-filing jobs is useful. It says that you can show up on time, follow orders and understand the rudimentary things of work life.</p>

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<p>^I respectfully disagree. The fact that you get good grades shows all those things. An internship adds nothing to the picture in those respects (i.e. ability to show up on time).</p>

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<p>Good grades are a dime a dozen. Work experience isn’t.</p>

<p>How many people have you interviewed and hired and managed?</p>

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<p>Looks like I’ll try to fit in both ACT prep and the internship. The interview is tomorrow! Yeah it is definitely a bit late. It was a summer internship that I applied for long ago, they just got back to me. The chief of staff seems like me may be flexible for me, so we’ll have to see.</p>

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You have stated a true fact. Okay.
This does not explain how a paper-filing internship tells college admissions more about a student’s “showing-up-on-time” skills than the fact that they got good grades.</p>

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This is not relevant to the discussion, seeing as we are on an anonymous online forum.</p>

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<p>Having a job means that you can juggle work and school responsibilities at the same time.
It may mean a hit in grades or maybe you get better at time management and do well at both.</p>

<p>You can always go to school.</p>

<p>You can’t always get a job.</p>

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<p>Expertise is always relevant.</p>