Discovery Internships

Pre-College Issues Summer Programs
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<p>I am trying to find an internship program for this summer, but living in a country outside of US, it has been really difficult for me to find one. Then I came across Discovery Internships where although I need to pay in order to work, I would still get the internship experience. I am perfectly aware that it's expensive, but what I'm looking for is valuable experience I can use on my college app/essays. If I do attend this internship program, would I have to write on my application that I got the internship opportunity through Discovery Internships? Or can I simply write that I was an intern at a certain company?</p>

<p>Here is the website: <a href="http://www.discoveryinternships.com/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.discoveryinternships.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>bumpppp anyone??</p>

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<p>No. You would not need to specify on your application how you acquired the internship. See post #12 in this thread for more info: <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/summer-programs/1089299-discovery-internships-anyone-have-experience-them.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/summer-programs/1089299-discovery-internships-anyone-have-experience-them.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>If you really think about even if you pay all this money, the place that you have the internship with will still have to interview you to see if you are right for them. Right?</p>

<p>Also, someone said the company can fire you even though you paid all that money to do it. Can you just let me knoe if that s true.</p>

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<p>If you really think about even if you pay all this money, the place that you have the internship with will still have to interview you to see if you are right for them. Right?</p>

<p>Also, someone said the company can fire you even though you paid all that money to do it. Can you just let me know if that s true.</p>

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<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>

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<p>I had a really good experience with Summer Discovery last summer. The classes were nice, and we were well looked after. There were some other programs going on at the same campus, and I’m pretty sure the SD kids had the best experience.</p>