<p>Hi!! I am currently a Freshman at the University of Pennsylvania, hoping to study International Relations and do a minor in consumer psychology/marketing in Wharton. I am currently in another undergraduate school, but am transferring into the college at the end of this year. With that being said, I don't have any grades that would be applicable to finding an internship this coming summer that has to do with IR. As of now, this is what I have lined up for next summer:</p>
<p>I was accepted to go as a journalist on a three week medical mission to the middle east.
Applying for a three week program to study at the London School of Economics.
My friend, whose in Grad School for French/Education, is tutoring me in French (I'm fluent in Spanish and just want to pick up another language)</p>
<p>Is this enough? or, even better question, is this impressive, or should I drop it all and try to find an internship?? I feel like I'm behind the ball game completely and don't know what to do.... please help!!!</p>
<p>Relax! Just doing something is “enough” for your first summer of college. Nobody expects you to have any high power internships yet. Try to get a job - something that teaches you or reinforces to you the value of hard-earned money, but if you can’t get one since you’ll be gone for a significant portion of the summer, don’t fret.</p>
<p>Signed,
A Penn '11 graduate who waited tables all three summers and had full time employment offers before graduation even without any fancy internships</p>
<p>For my son, I scoured the summer abroad opportunities of the Ivies, ended up sending on one through the UC system (only for UC students I’m afraid). But I am sure you can find a summer class that will help with prerequisites, and most likely in your major as well. The medical mission sounds wonderful. He’s in physics, so zero chance for internship as a rising sophomore… you are probably in the same situation. If you want to take a language class, why LSE? Go to the country of the language you want to learn and do it right!</p>