<p>Hello,
This is my first post, and I was wondering if anyone can give me some reviews about the company (and programs of) Discovery Internship. I used the search function, but mostly all I found was people complaining about the price. I realized how expensive it is, and for this reason, are their alternatives? I live in the suburbs (40ish minutes from a major city), so local internships aren't very close, but the commute to the city is not bad at all. If their are no programs that offer internships in other cities with dorming planned (like discovery), what are some programs that offer that could direct me to some in my city? What I like about discovery is that you do receive a college credit from NYU. Other posts on this website say that these programs do not look as great to colleges as they claim, true (i'm guessing yes but I figured I'd make it a question)? The workshops they say they offer also seem good, but not really that big a deal. Theres a lot more but I forgot...
It's may and I don't have my summer figured out so I asked like 5 questions just now!
Thank You in advance</p>
<p>Do you have to pay for this internship? Yikes! Free labor is bad enough, but now you have to pay??!!!</p>
<p>You are better off just to get a summer job. Any work experience will be helpful in your resume. Companies are looking for hard working worker. If you do well in your summer job and get good references you can move on from there.</p>
<p>What type of summer jobs could I get, being a rising High School Junior?
Thanks</p>
<p>Are you 16 or older? If you are, there are jobs with fast food restaurants, super markets, etc. If not, you will need to wait until you are older.</p>
<p>Let me start by saying the Summer Discovery/Summer Internships/Musiker “Family” is made up of a bunch of money hungry greedy people. I personally enrolled and experienced one of their internships and even though I had fun and somewhat gained knowledge, I cannot tell you how much I loathed the program itself. The internship they promised me was NOT AT ALL what it was in reality. They abused their employees/interns and the Discovery Internships team simply looked the other way. I tried changing my internship the first week of the program and they could not be any more impassionate and selfish. This meant I had to endure the horrible internship I was so looking forward to for 4 weeks. I thought after the ridiculous amount of money I had paid, they’d have to care. On another note, I really felt ripped off from all the promised “meals” that ended up being cold Papa John’s after I got home from my internship and nothing in between. I thought maybe being in another country and such a diverse metropolitan city, we’d be able to experience different foods and activities. Well, I was wrong. All the restaurants we went to were American (Hard Rock Cafe, Pizza Hut, Subway, etc.) and the activities ranged from Bowling, going to the movies, going out for ice cream, etc. And the worst part was that it was all MANDATORY. Basically, if you want an authentic, enriching experience with a program who even slightly cares about your affairs, DO NOT ENGAGE WITH DISCOVERY INTERNSHIPS/SUMMER DISCOVERY.</p>