<p>I have a potential internship at Valero, and one of my friends is suggesting that I go ahead and take it even though I want to get into upstream. </p>
<p>If I didn't take the internship I would be taking a class on Petroleum Geology as well as doing research with a professor. My friends is saying that internship experience in any form of oil&gas is better than taking a class.</p>
<p>Is it worth doing a downstream internship just to try to get your foot into the industry?</p>