<p>I was accepted ED, so i wasnt expecting any news yesterday. Much to my surprise, Cornell sent an email at around 12, saying i get the cornell tradition fellow thingey. Has anyone else on CC gotten it and how is it?</p>
<p>bump bump bump</p>
<p>nvm found an old thread</p>
<p>I was a Tradition Fellow. It’s a great program. It includes:</p>
<p>– Requirements to work and do community service every year
– Loan forgiveness and stipends for summer work at an unpaid internship
– On-campus activities, like socials, community service events, going out to the theatre with professors, etc.</p>
<p>The requirements may seem like a lot, but they are really easy to fulfill and you have fun and make money while doing so. And as an added bonus, you get to give back to the program every year (like I do!) and hear about all of the great work future Tradition fellows are doing.</p>
<p>I know as part of the program, I havta find a job and community service on the campus or elsewhere. I can do that.</p>
<p>For Summer internships: how do i go about finding one?
I’ve never had one b4 and i hear about the difficulties in finding one. i know someone who interns at Merrill Lynch and the only way he got it was b/c he had family working there.</p>
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<p>There’s a bunch of ways to do this, including: </p>
<p>– looking through official internship postings through Cornell Career Services and applying for them
– browsing website of companies/organizations that you are interested in and seeing if they have any internship postings and applying for them
– reaching out to Cornell alums in the alumni directory who are involved in your field of interest to chat with them about potential opportunities</p>
<p>The first three internships I had I “created” by simply writing a cover letter and a resume to the organization. I explained my interest in learning about what they did and possibly working for them. Nobody led me to them… I just read a lot and keep note of things that sound interesting to me.</p>
<p>ic thank you.</p>
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<p>No problem. Happy to provide some friendly advice.</p>
<p>Some other advice – when you are conversing with alums who might be willing to consider you for an internship, etc., you should probably make certain to spell out everything correctly. It can affect our opinion of students, even sub-consciously.</p>
<p>Thank you again
I tend to do that when I type. I’m pretty awful at typing and I try to type messages as quickly as possible. It is definitely not a good habit.</p>