Aripyanfar wrote:
It's my understanding that most internships are unpaid in the USA now. Or is that just a white-collar thing? Seriously, who, starting out, can afford to work for free? You have to have a really good relationship with your parents to be able to remain dependent on them, right? Don't know how work study is paid.
It can vary a bit across different sectors, but yes, internships are largely either unpaid, or pay so little you could never support yourself by them. Work study is financial aid money you earn through working, for example I spent 3 years doing different jobs for our Biology and Chemistry departments at my school.
The idea is you do them while still dependent on others, or while paying for college room and board. They by-in-large aren't something you could use to, say, support a family while earning a degree.
Edited, Mar 14th 2014 2:20pm by someproteinguy
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