<p>I already interviewed with 10-15 top companies (ex:Fortune 500), but didn't get offered an internship. I worked all last summer at part time job and worked all school year. 4 months is a long time, but as a upcoming junior I simply want to work on my hobbies at figure out what I want to do with my life rather than working. I am simply burned out from doing too many extracurricular and volunteer work doing the summer.</p>
<p>I was originally accounting and my parents are pushing me to find internships or jobs related to business or work in retail again. But I simply don't want to. I rather work on my hobbies and take several classes for my major.</p>
<p>Do you have a question or are you just venting?
I’m pretty sure everyone feels the same way as you.
If you truly enjoyed working, they wouldn’t have to pay you for it.</p>
<p>Wow, that does sound like lot o_0. Have you tried telling your parents how you felt, maybe they’d understand your situation better if you explained :)</p>
<p>If you want, just try to do an internship you love. You know, that actually fits your interest. (:</p>
<p>Why don’t you at least work part time? 20 hours a week wouldn’t be so bad, and it would still give you plenty of free time.</p>
<p>As a parent, I have to agree with your parents. I think you should try to find an internship or job relating to your field of study.</p>
<p>As a recent graduate, I also agree with your parents, though the job or internship you do doesn’t have to have anything to do with your field of study. It’s a pain to explain a gap in your resume, so while it may seem like a good idea now, it could make your life difficult in a year. If you take summer courses, try to get in on some research or a little minimum wage job that gives you a lot of flexibility; if you don’t take summer courses, find a job where you will work 35-40 hours a week.</p>
<p>The whole summer work thing has been a disaster for my rising college senior daughter. She did a summer language program her first summer. Last summer, she had a job offer by February that fell through in May; then got a second offer that also fell through. She floundered around and ended up doing an unpaid internship in an unrelated field. This year, she was offered an internship and applied for grants to give her a little cash, but did not get the grants. Her department does not have money for internships. She is a bit disheartened, but she will work in research for the summer and take one class.</p>
<p>Who knows how it will work out after she graduates. The economy and the tsunami (she studies Japanese along with her math major) have both complicated the summer prospects of many. </p>
<p>I wish the OP the best.</p>
<p>MD MOM: What do you mean that she applied for grants? How and why do kids apply for grants? I’ve heard of this but didn’t understand it. Can you please give some background on grants? I thought grants were for research only, not as a source of income.</p>
<p>So confused…</p>
<p>At my daughter’s university, there are grants for undergraduate research, so the kids write up the work they will be doing for the summer and apply. The grants are designed to provide living expenses so the kids can concentrate on the research and not have to have a job too.</p>