<p>Hey!
So I want to get an internship so I dragged myself to a computer and wrote a 2 page long heartfelt letter. I want a business internship and there is a really good public univesity next door so I just went their business school's website and send the letter to everyone on that faculty list. </p>
<p>There were about 50~60 faculty names on there(I emailed everyone on there, adjunct professors, part-time speaker, etc)......</p>
<p>So I waited a day or two before checking my email again. Then I was surprised wildly. </p>
<p>About all the full-time professors replied, most of them said no, but they actually took time and wrote me a very long and kind response. But a few of them said YES sure!!</p>
<p>So I went to interview with a few them. I have school until 4 everyday so some of the internships just would not work with schedule but I settle of a very good research internship doing marketing and organizational behavoir type of work. </p>
<p>And it is PAID TOO. I started 2 weeks ago and it is AWESOME, I learned more about business in the last 2 weeks than I did in in my whole life.
I will work on one project until july, the first two months is free but I will get paid as a regular university research staff the last two months. </p>
<p>And I also get recommended for a summer job at a local business, I am having the interview in a couple of weeks too. </p>
<p>So the lesson of this story is that just email and be heart felt and candid and something good will definitely come out of it. </p>
<p>I just tried and gambled and I got something amazing in return. </p>
<p>well, right now, we are doing a project about spendings and ethicity; business leakage...</p>
<p>So we gather datas and write conjectures on why some spending is higher than the other. </p>
<p>I go to the professor's office once a week go over my findings and we talk for about 2 hours. I do it mostly on Thursday since I cannt make any other time. We also correspond through emails and the project mangear give me assignments once a week...</p>
<p>Hey, I got an internship, too! It's at a medical center near a prestigious private university, but it's unpaid. I still don't know whether I'm going to participate yet though, but there's a spot reserved for me already. =)</p>
<p>I did the whole e-mail thing too. That's my #1 advice to anyone who is interested in getting an internship. State your name, grade, high school, and your purpose for interning. Make it concise and sincere. Good luck!</p>
<p>B_B, there is a saying that "nothing beats a failure like a try."</p>
<p>Congratulations on demonstrating the initiative that someone interested in business (in particular) should! It's also smart that you did this in Feb./March instead of waiting until May/June.</p>
<p>Keep us posted about your internship experience...</p>