<p>Keep in mind that a student doesn't need to look for internships only at the university he/she attends. Our son (who attends Duke) thought it would be fun to live with one of his brothers for the summer, but was willing to go wherever the opportunity was. He applied for many internships through his campus career center and wasn't having much luck. </p>
<p>He then did a google search of summer internships in the cities his brother's are in and came up with the summer internship for undergraduates at UCSD ( <a href="http://www.mpl.ucsd.edu/news/mpl.internships.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.mpl.ucsd.edu/news/mpl.internships.html</a> ). He's now thrilled to be living with his older brother for 10 weeks while doing research on the beach of La Jolla (can't beat that) through the Marine Physical Lab of Scripps Institution of Oceanography! </p>
<p>He assumed, at first, that they probably only used their own students, but I think he's proof that schools like to "mix it up" a bit. :)</p>