The search for Summer internships is on... So far I have applied for three. One is at the NCI Animal Health Lab, one is with the FDA and is regulatory research related, and the last one is at... well... a 2000+ milker dairy farm. All of them would be steadily paid (anything from $4,000-$11,000), which is something I haven't experienced in awhile (besides the cleaning job). I'm still searching for more, but am somewhat limited by the fact that I have to stay at home. Not only can I not afford to rent an apartment and pay for utilities at the house (and it just seems stupid), but I also doubt I could find somewhere that would let me take my menagerie. I am really keeping my fingers crossed about these- I think any of them would be an extremely valuable experience and look great on a resume
Part of me really wants the dairy farm internship. If only because I would actually get to palpate thousands of cows and spend my days surrounded by spots and some of the most high-tech milking set-up in the U.S. I feel like this would be really useful in the future (not that the others wouldn't!). Plus it's 20 minutes away, and let's face it, I'm a homebody.
If I don't get any of them, I think I'm going to try to shadow a USDA vet for MD or PA. One of the local labs I contacted gave me all the info to do so (since the vet in charge was unable to host me herself). I was inspired by Elliot Garber's guest post (read more here). Or I'll just split my time between dairy cattle, equine vet med and a real job. There are limitless options.
Do you have any plans for the Summer?
How exciting! I've also got applications to do, but mine are for summer scholarships, uuggghh.
ReplyDeleteWoah, those are some incredible options! Sounds like you will get a great experience with any of them. Which one would pay $11,000?? I've never heard of that kind of summer internship! And thank you for the shout-out and link. Your guest post will be inspiring other students soon as well...
ReplyDeleteThe FDA one can pay up to that amount (though I'm sure I won't be getting that much!) based on education and experience. I'm in the second to highest bracket for the internship (since I've completed over 2 years of college), but I have no research experience, so that is probably going to be the deciding factor for pay level if I get it!
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