<p>I'm currently finishing what was technically called a "mentorship" and I wondered if it was like the internships people on here get in high school. I just think "internship" sounds better and is a more well-known term and if I could write "like an internship" on my application it would make it look like a better EC. (I'm grasping for straws here, but I can't do any summer programs or anything and my other ECs are fairly insignificant.)</p>
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<li>The opportunity was advertised at my school but not sponsored by the school. </li>
<li>Free and unpaid. </li>
<li>50 hours total - I realize a lot of the summer ones people usually get are longer.</li>
<li>I can get a high school credit for it. </li>
<li>Application had GPA requirement, essay, and teacher recommendation. </li>
<li>Spent most of my time either checking run sheets for errors, or in a lab at a chemical plant analyzing samples of their products for mercury and writing up the results. Learned about various lab equipment/chemistry stuff. </li>
<li>At the end, I have to write an essay and complete a science project of some kind, which I will present at an assembly. </li>
<li>Plant employees referred to me as an intern.</li>
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