Effect of reneging on an internship contract from an offer? - What will career center

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<p>do? Ban me from applying next semester?</p>

<p>Hello,</p>

<pre><code> I am in a dilemma. I have an offer from one company for a summer internship and while I really would like to work at this company, I am also waiting for a response from a few other companies. So far, I have had a couple of 1st round interviews and they have all went pretty well. Unfortunately, nothing is guaranteed and I am still waiting to hear back if I even made it to the second round. Also, to make matters worse, the offer I now have is located far from my house and would require me to spend a lot of money for transportation costs. If I have absolutely no other options, I am willing to spend the money for transportation but otherwise I would prefer an internship closer to my home.

As a result, I am unsure what to do because I don't want to risk saying no to a guaranteed offer and then not getting anything else. I would also be angry if I renege on the current contract for a better internship and then get the boot from using career services.
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<p>Any advice? Does career services ban students for reneging, even if they (the student) had a good reason? I was thinking of first trying to call the company's HR and ask for an extension and then explain some of my situation. I was also thinking that I could call ask cornell career what the consequences are and possibly plead my case.</p>

<p>Of course, this whole idea of being banned for reneging only arises if my company complains to the career services correct?</p>

<p>Thanks.</p>

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<p>Did this company recruit on campus or go through the career center? If so, I believe you have until March to commit.</p>

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<p>Hello. Thanks for the response.</p>

<p>Yes, this company recruited through campus but they recruited during the Fall of 2010 for a summer internship. Their schedule was pushed back and thus they let me know about 2 weeks ago. The deadline for verbal confirmation is this Friday.</p>

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<p>Just a bit of a background. Last year when my daughter was going through this process, one firm invited her to an off campus recruiting, and it was against the guideline during that time. My daughter unknowingly accepted the invite, and the career center sent her a very stern email to warn her against it. In the letter, it specifically said if she were to violate their rule then she would be banned from using the career center in the future.</p>

<p>If you were my kid, I would tell you to speak with someone at the career center and ask what you should do. </p>

<p>Other than the distance, is there anything else you don’t like about the internship? If it’s a good opportunity and could possibly lead to a permanent position of your interest, I would go with it.</p>

<p>Congratulations on the job offer. This is a good problem to have.</p>