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<p>But is there financial aid for students from poor families to afford the unpaid internship, like there is for taking regular college courses?</p>
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<p>Both would have to pay interns, because the job market for CS interns in the middle of the undergraduate study is competitive enough that they would go for the paid internships.</p>
<p>See statistics here:</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.naceweb.org/uploadedFiles/NACEWeb/Research/Intern/Comp_Guide_2012.pdf[/url]”>NACE - Page not found;
<p>@ucbalumnus: You are probably right. Picture any two companies that operate in very similar industries that use interns from the same major, who are usually not compensated.</p>
<p>In that case, the student from the poor family is shut out of the unpaid internships anyway, since s/he needs to take a paid job during the summer or other non-school time.</p>
<p>Precisely. So either way the poor family is shut out. The only outcome is favoring big businesses and hurting small businesses and people who can’t afford hotel rooms for 12 weeks.</p>