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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]to be fair, nobody is pushing paper in internships anymore.

my kids are not the kids who had internships at Blackstone during HS bcs of their parents, but those kids made a ton of connections and had interesting projects. often for like 6 weeks and then went to Montauk for the rest of the summer. nice work if you can get it. [/quote]

Please do tell…what substantive work are high schoolers doing at their non-STEM, six week internships? [/quote]

My kid did economics research at a reputable institution with a large cohort of other interns, and presented a paper at the end. They continued their research this year and they meet with their mentor/supervisor each week for feedback and more assignments. They are hoping to do similar work somewhere else this summer AND take on a more regular PT job. They also applied to an internship that is more accounting oriented at a museum, which would be cool.

They know tons of HS kids with summer internships. Some are competitive and substantive, some are paid, some unpaid, some in name only through connections, some almost entirely fabricated. One kid has parents who pay a professor to "do research." They really vary, which makes sense in an area as large as as DC. [/quote]

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