Internships

Selection Criteria

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Main Criteria

  • Potential for sustainable benefit to an under-served community
  • The project will enable the intern to a) explore public service career possibilities and/or b) gain experience necessary for developing intensive service projects in the future
  • Evidence of strong motivation to carry out the project
  • Potential for effective supervisor-student relationship
  • Project seems realistic and feasible: scope matches student qualifications, time frame, supervisor expertise and input, etc

Other Assets

  • Potential future partnership with the chosen community (for the student or for MIT)
  • Application contains sufficient information and makes a good case: complete packet, good proposal, strong recommendation, appropriate qualifications, etc

Possible discounts

  • Evidence of issues or problems: e.g. recommendations are neutral or negative; application materials are poorly written or say questionable things; we know of past problems or issues with the project, applicant, or community partner