<p>Hey guys I have a question about a summer internship.</p>
<p>Has anyone heard about/attended a Career Explorations internship?</p>
<p><a href="http://www.ceinternships.com/%5B/url%5D">http://www.ceinternships.com/</a> </p>
<p>If anyone has, please share any info you have about the program.
Thanks.</p>
<p>OK -- I realize this thread is old, but I found it through a search for information on this program. I received something from them, and would love to hear about anyone's reaction to/experience with this. They provide high school students with an 9-5 internship in NYC or Boston, but you pay them $1,000 a week (non-residential) or $1,500 a week if you live in college dorms. So your teenager is working all day, but you're paying them. Any thoughts would be appreciated!</p>
<p>I went this summer, and it was a great experience. I worked in a small company called Plank in Boston, and my career area was business. I definitely recommend the program, and if you have any specific questions, feel free to ask.</p>
<p>Thanks for your reply. I don't understand what the $1500 a week is for. Are they paying companies to take interns? It certainly doesn't cost that much to give kids a room in a dorm for the summer. What did you do at Plank?</p>
<p>Hello! I also did this program over the summer, but in New York City. I worked at a music record label called Chesky Records. I HIGHLY recommend the experience if your child is potentially interested in going to college in the area. I made a lot of fantastic friends, and the work experience is incomparable. I loved every second of the program!</p>
<p>NYUJosh -- what kind of work did you do at Chesky Records? (I hope you come back)</p>
<p>Well, I actually interned with four other people, and we basically organized a lot of random things, did some deliveries around NYC, and also got to research a couple record stores in the area. I'll admit, the internship wasn't quite appealing to me as I thought it would be, but many of the individuals I worked with enjoyed it. However, of the 70 or so teens in the program, almost all of them loved their jobs. One of my friends did an internship with a well-known cosmetic company. Another got to work with a non-profit organization of which she still continues to work with to this day, and is going to Italy this coming summer to complete another internship with them. Another one of my friends got to help out a popular achitect and he loved it. As much as I may not have entirely enjoyed my internship, it really gave me a great sense of independence that I needed for college. I would suggest having your son or daughter choose something they really love if they want to do the program. If you have any questions, feel free to ask! Almost everyone on the program did a different internship, so I can tell you the details of the various ones. Hope this helped!</p>
<p>-Josh</p>
<p>What do you know about the Medicine interships? Can I learn anything from them that I can't learn from a local hospital?</p>
<p>Carissa- To tell you the truth, I can't remember anyone who did a medicine internship, although one girl interned at a busy veterinary and really got to help out with the sick animals, if that's at all related. CE will really do their best to find you the best internship in your selected field though, try emailing them, they give very quick responses and really give better answers than i can.</p>
<p>I'm strongly considering doing this over the summer but am wondering if it would be more worthwhile to take college courses and keep working (at CVS). Did those who participated find the work expierience and other benefits (potential recommendations, business contacts, program events) worth the amount of money paid? Also, if anyone knows anything about the Theatre Production internship, info would be much appreciated! Thanks!</p>
<p>If I'm wrong about this, I hope someone will correct me, but I would think that if you're looking for an internship, you might be better off trying to contact places yourself. You're paying $1500 a week for this program, which includes a room in a dorm and two meals a day. </p>
<p>To give an indication of what a dorm room in Manhattan costs, I can tell you that we got something from an NYU summer program in which summer dorm rooms at NYU start at $200 a week. And meals don't explain the extra $1200 to $1300 a week fee. So from what I can figure out the extra cost is to pay for this program to place you in a company where you'll provide free labor. I'm going to stifle myself.</p>
<p>Susanna,</p>
<p>I assume that the extra money is needed to fund the activities that we took part in after work and on weekends (went to Fenway to see the Red Sox, went to Provincetown). The program isn't just Wake Up-->Go Intern-->Go Back to Dorms, so I don't think you can calculate the cost like you are.</p>
<p>Even if you assume that meals cost $40 a day (which is a lot), if the program is then providing a huge amount in entertainment costs, shouldn't they explain that? I don't mean to pick on this one program, but, more than anything else I have ever seen, it perplexes me. Don't forget that you are providing free labor for a company for 7 hours a day, five days a week.</p>
<p>The RAs need to get paid as well...</p>
<p>Thanks for the responses guys! I plan on going as a day student, but the $1000/week cost still seemed a little bit iffy to me. I'd think probably the #1 thing you're paying for is their contacts with the businesses/companies, no? Eh, I'm going to keep thinking about it and attend the info session in January.</p>
<p>In the meantime, maybe you could contact these theater production companies yourself and ask them if they could use an upaid volunteer.</p>
<p>Any more update on this program from anyone?</p>
<p>its cool...you should do it.</p>
<p>How much freedom did you guys get in your free time? I absolutely love the city and I was wondering if I was in New York, if I could take the metro and go shopping with my friends and stuff when we're not working. Also, is there a curfew as to how late you can stay out?</p>
<p>there's a curfew, but it's fine...like 11 on weekdays, 12 on weekends, something like that.</p>
<p>and yea, i went to the boston one, and we got a lot of free time to basically roam the city with people, so I'm assuming the NY one is similar. There's a lot of planned events in the evenings, but the RAs are cool and understanding and let you go almost wherever.</p>