<p>Anybody have any pointers for how to go about finding a legitimate internship in either Boarding Prep School or College Admissions? What is the supposed background? Thanks for your help (once again)</p>
<p>Just ask.
Many colleges and universities have work/study positions in their own Admissions Offices and will be happy to hire a motivated student with interest and a willingness to talk with prospective students/parents. I had a clerical/tour guide job in my LAC, starting at the end of my freshman year and worked a regularl shift through college. It led to being a student AdCom member (reading and rating apps) as a senior and then to some job interviews/offers in prep schools when I graduated. Good luck.</p>
<p>If you're still in school, then mmaah's advice is applicable. If you've graduated, you could contact your own school (either high school or college) to volunteer to work in the office. Check out the National Association for College Admission Counseling website <a href="http://www.nacac.com/%5B/url%5D">http://www.nacac.com/</a> for additional information.</p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>m maah has got it down. Talk to the admissions people, regardless of where you are. And it's always easiest to get a job at the old alma mater.</p>
<p>yes, mmaah's advice is very applicable. </p>
<p>if your college has a graduate school of education, chances are, some of the profs or TA's in there have worked in college admissions and can probably give you better advice. i took a class with my college's education dept... my prof was in stanford's adcom, my 3 TA's had done stanford, occidental, and berkeley. </p>
<p>UCLA also offers a certificate in college admissions counseling, which is what katherine cohen of ivywise has. </p>
<p>i also suggest reading "The Gatekeepers".. it's a good book following the day-to-day experience of a real college admissions officer.</p>
<p>Sorry I wasn't clearer.</p>
<p>The applicability of mmaah's advice to which I referred was the qualification for work/study positions that are limited to college students who have been granted those awards. There may be positions open, but if they're limited to W/S and if you're not a student with that award, you can't qualify.</p>
<p>Fred, do you just want to intern there while you're an undergrad, or is this a career interest? If you're looking for strictly an internship or parttime job, go to the Admissions office and talk to them. They'll be able to tell you the best way to go about it. If, however, you want to get a degree that would be appropriate to this kind of work, look at a graduate program in Student Services or College Student Development. I have an M.Ed. in Student Personnel Services, and the primary jobs it led to included Admissions, Student Activities, Housing/Residence Life and Financial Aid. I went into Student Activities, mainly because I was just a big kid at the time, but any of the other areas would be tied into that type of degree.</p>