<p>Would engineering firms even allow this, or do they only ever look for engineering interns and categorically decline any offers of unpaid internships from non-engineering science majors? Even if they have taken a few engineering courses?</p>
<p>I have never heard of engineering internships that were unpaid. It’ll be hard to find one of those. I think this question is unreasonable.</p>
<p>I agree that they are usually not unpaid, however, I have known a number of physics majors who have done internships in engineering firms so why not try?</p>
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Thing is, I’m not an engineering major, thus I’m essentially learning most of the real-world applications on the job. When it comes to paid internships, wouldn’t all engineering firms choose the engineering major rather than physics one?</p>
<p>Probably. But if there was an unpaid engineering internship I don’t think they would prefer a non-engineering major.</p>
<p>I would put on your resume any engineering projects you have done and the engineering classes you’ve completed. Maybe put that you’re tailoring your physics major with an emphasis in engineering principles.</p>
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Most engineering students would never accept an unpaid internship, let alone eagerly apply for one. Engineering students actually have options when it comes to internships. I’m sure most firms are flooded with applications of engineering interns, so how would a physics major really stand out when they are already at a major disadvantage?</p>
<p>I think this conversation is going no where. We can all play the guessing game, but there really isn’t any evidence to support anything we say. What I can say from experience is that unpaid engineering internships simply don’t exist (or there are extremely few of them).</p>