Companies Match Students With Internships

Parents Forum
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<p>Another new business of life trend: students are spending hundreds and even thousands of dollars to land an unpaid internship, plus housing and food, with companies like University of Dreams.</p>

<p><a href="http://www.cnn.com/2007/EDUCATION/03/06/business.of.life.ap/index.html?eref=rss_education%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.cnn.com/2007/EDUCATION/03/06/business.of.life.ap/index.html?eref=rss_education&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>A Michigan State counselor says not worth it:
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It's just one of those things you have to have before employers will even consider looking at your resume," he said.</p>

<p>But students shouldn't pay to find an internship, he said, because most universities have career centers where students can search for free.

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Students pay from $6,499 to $8,999 to have the company find them an eight-week summer internship, plus housing in dorms at universities, some meals, transportation to work and activities for a summer.

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Ouch!</p>

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<p>This better not be a new trend. This is really really sad.</p>

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<p>These are some previous postings regarding the University of Dreams internship program. <a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=302691%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=302691&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>