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Summer Session 3: Not for the Weak

Summer Session 3: Not for the Weak

About the Author: Alexander Price is a non-traditional student at Rutgers University, finishing his degree in his late-20s. Working full-time and taking classes at night, he blogs about his experiences trying to straddle the real world [...]

The Internship Chronicles: Sharing is Caring | Part 2

The Internship Chronicles: Sharing is Caring | Part 2

In Part 1 of this post (Sharing is Caring | Part 1), I left off where my internship coordinator was discussing getting both myself and the other Deer Park Manor intern an opportunity with a statewide [...]

The Internship Chronicles: Unpaid vs. Paid

The Internship Chronicles: Unpaid vs. Paid

I’m not just salty about unpaid internships because of the whole idea but because of how it hurts students financially. [...]

The Dog Days of Summer Classes

The Dog Days of Summer Classes

Nobody likes to take summer classes, especially me. My summers are typically booked with classes every night of the week. [...]

The Internship Chronicles: Life Beyond This Summer (Part I)

The Internship Chronicles: Life Beyond This Summer (Part I)

With August just around the corner, and the looming reality that MAW probably will not have room in their budget to hire me, my job hunt has begun. [...]

The Internship Chronicles: Sharing is Caring | Part 1

The Internship Chronicles: Sharing is Caring | Part 1

Opportunities can be hard to find. Especially PAID opportunities. That’s why I went out of my way to establish a connection that was then taken out of my hands… [...]

The Internship Chronicles: Success and Failure

The Internship Chronicles: Success and Failure

Failure is a hot topic these days. We hear a lot about how "it’s okay to fail sometimes because you always learn something." [...]