<p>So my case is kind of an interesting one...I was born in Shanghai, China and immigrated to the US at the age of 5. I'm fluent in English, Mandarin Chinese, and the Shanghai dialect of Chinese, and can read/write basic Chinese too.
I've been back to Shanghahi multiple times and I have relatives living there. I really really really want an internship/some sort of program there this summer, maybe teaching English/learning Chinese, interning to business/law, etc etc...but I can't seem to find any so far :( Most of the stuff I've looked at is either really touristy, or for people who don't know the language at all and have to be taken thru it step by step
Does anyone know of any internships/programs for a high school junior going on in Shanghai? I know this is a really narrow request but I'd appreciate the help :)
Btw, I have an UW 3.97 GPA and a 2390 SAT score, if academic info is needed...hopefully I can find something I like
<em>crosses fingers</em> :)</p>
<p>eh oh…</p>
<p>finding interns might be a little bit difficult because currently china could not even satisfy its domestic college graduates. at least, you are a high school junior … I believe you could find one, but you have to make efforts. here’s a link and hope it is helpful for you if you can read english: <a href=“http://51job.com/[/url]”>http://51job.com/</a></p>
<p>=)</p>
<p>ps. r u in uw seattle? my cousin is there in cs dept…</p>
<p>ummm…i don’t know why you wanna intern in China…just regarding your grades, you can probably get an internship job in US…so why not just stay here?</p>
<p>And i mean China doesn’t have a history of hiring high school interns and it still doesn’t seem to have this tendancy. And even if you could get an internship, the chance that you’ll get paid is little. Unless your family has strong connections to some big companies in Shanghai, otherwise it’ll be extremely hard for you to get an internship just on your own. </p>
<p>And most importantly, have you thought about what you can actually do if you get an intership other than teaching english? just like brezeck said, China is already having trouble providing jobs for millions of domestic college grads, why would they consider a high school junior from American with barely no professional knowledges in the fields over excellent college grad? Espcially you can’t really read and write Chinese. Working in a big corporation in China requires outstanding Chinese, which means you have no problem reading any kinds of novels, newspapers etc and writing 1000 character essay in Chinese. And your english skills won’t help that much either coz there are thousands of students in China whose english is just amazing. Though yours would certainly be more standard and native, their english would probably be already good enough to handle the work related to english. </p>
<p>As i suggest, unless you can ask your parents to find connections that will get to to intern in China,or you’re some type of genius who’s run a business on your own since like middle school or has won some big international awards, you might have to just consider interning in US. I know it might sound a little too mean, but that’s just how realistic China is. </p>
<p>But i still wish you good luck and find an internship that you want.</p>
<p>Actually now finding a teaching position in China, especially in Shanghai, is not easy.
Also, maybe you should not ask here. </p>
<p>Wish you good luck and find an internship that you want.</p>
<p>I just got 2 friends of mine going to Shanghai this summer through Absolute Internship. They got accepted to the summer program, 8 weeks if I remember correctly…</p>
<p>One of them will perform a marketing internship and my other friend will do a business development internship.</p>
<p>Perhaps you can check it out as well. I think the deadline for applications is next month.</p>
<p>i’m an american citizen at an international school in shanghai, and the summer after my junior year, i taught the SSAT to middle school students at New Oriental Shanghai’s camp. they paid pretty generously (given the fact that i’m not a college student) and it was a pretty awesome learning experience. that same summer i also interned at shanghai jiaotong university, one of their biochem labs. that probably had more to do with the fact that my dad and one of the physics professors there are good friends and he got me an unpaid internship haha. so it’s not impossible! if you come to shanghai in the summer, just go to new oriental’s headquarters and see if you can schedule a job interview with them or something. they always hold camps in the summer :)</p>
<p>Wow, your background is a lot like mine! I was born in Shanghai, moved to US w/ parents at 2 years of age, most of my relatives still live in Shanghai though so I visit a lot. 
And, like you, I’m fluent in Shanghainese (which, IMO, is a dying language). HS sophomore here by the way. =D</p>
<p>Anyway, are you looking for something specifically that pays? If not, volunteering is a great option, especially in a developing country like China. I know, a lot of the volunteer/intern abroad programs in the US are both pricy and tourist-y. There’s this local organization that teaches English to Shanghai migrant school students and is recruiting volunteers:</p>
<p>[Stepping</a> Stones China](<a href=“http://steppingstoneschina.net/]Stepping”>http://steppingstoneschina.net/)</p>
<p>I applied; I think it’s worth a shot. The only thing is that, since it’s volunteer work, no money is either paid or received for the ordeal. :)</p>