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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why would a college care? They only look through junior year for classes and GPA. For senior year they only look to make sure you have  met the requirements for graduation and passed. [/quote]

Colleges ask you to report what you'll be taking senior year and the top ones expect you to contact them to correct the record if you change your schedule.  My kid was admitted ED and I suggested she change her spring schedule and she declined because of the need to update the university and that it would "look bad".  They *do* care about senior year schedule. And they want you to take a rigorous schedule.  But I also am wondering how an internship looks as part of that schedule.  My kid (at Churchill) said the school is really encouraging it and telling them it will differentiate them from the pack.  I'm not so sure. If I were a college, I'd want a full schedule (or maybe one period off) and ALSO an internship, not a half-day schedule with internship.  But then, I'm not an admissions officer so kind of groping in the dark. [/quote]

I do think it matters what the internship is.  A competitive internship at NASA or NIH is very different from working in a local office with an unknown brand and unknown job description.[/quote]

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