<p>I recently sent in a resume to Merrill Lynch, asking about internship possibilities. I have already gotten a reply, requesting that I ask for information from the college I will be attending, UCB, regarding college credit for the internship. After that, I can begin working at the company. I also sent out a resume to Morgan Stanley and I'm thinking they might respond in the same fashion.</p>
<p>I have no idea how to even go about requesting college credit as of right now, since I'm still in high school (both Merrill and Morgan are informed about that). I am going to call administration and ask about how I should go about the process, but I was wondering if anyone knew anything about internship "college credit" at University of California, Berkeley or any other university.</p>
<p>Usually, I'd never intern for college credit; I only accept paid internships (well you have to sustain yourself). BUt for such big ibanks I guess it's fine. College credit means, you get say 1 credit for every 40 hour workweek? Something like that. The drawback is that you have to pay for these credits (as part of your tuition). In my case, where if I intern over the summer... I have to pay my university a $$$ amount for every credit I want on my transcript.. so I'm working a non-paid internship, for free, and it costs me money?</p>
<p>is there internships where u can get college credit and paid for</p>
<p>hey bigbadwolfey, thanks for the response. I totally agree with everything you said. But being a high school student, do you think I'm in a position where I can ask for a paid internship? I feel like just getting the job is already pushing it haha. As for the college credit. Do you have any idea how much each credit costs? Also, what is the average student's stance on the internship credit. Can I accept the internship without taking the official college credit? What do you recommend someone in my position do?</p>
<p>I have gotten credit for internships before. You should check your college catalog and see if there is a listing for internships or independent study. Sometimes they are listed under specific departments (ie for my history related internship I got credit through the history department which has a class designated as internship). Beware, however, that getting credit often requires doing some sort of outside work. Sometimes it is something like keeping a journal, in my case, I had to write a twenty page paper supervised by a professor. If you cannot find out anything from the catalog call the school, whatever office deals with classes preferably, or your advisor, if you have one, and ask.</p>