Would you apply for an internship if it paid $5.15/hr? Is the experience more important than the salary?
<p>I suppose it depends on WHAT the experience will entail. I'm doing a summer research internship that pays a stipend that works out to be only $4.68/hr, but it happens to be at the medical school of my first-choice college where I could get a bang-up rec from the program director, who is also a professor there. So assuming it's a valuable experience -- either in terms of college admissions or in terms of what you love to do anyway -- go ahead and apply for it.</p>
<p>I agree with Avalon. However, I personally believe that the experience is usually more important than the salary if you really want to take part in an internship that exposes you to something in which you are interested.</p>
<p>Experience is way more important than the money right now. That is why you see so many kids applying for top internships that don't pay. So like avalon says, depends on what the internship is. Think of internships as an investment.</p>
<p>I will give you the same adivice I gave my D. When you are in college you have to think at some level it is just like h.s. again as far as building a package with your grades, ECs, internships, recommedations etc. If the internship is something that is related to something you want to do regarding graduate study, professional school or the work after graduation, then the experience is definitely more than the money. Daughter took an internship as a research assistant at the medical center near her school. Since she is currently pre-med, she willbe much better served having this experience than she woould be having the few extra $$.</p>
<p>In addition some schools lower or eliminate your student contribution if you do a school sponsored internship (saving you $$ on the back end).</p>