Misha: Summer Internships

Determined to earn hands-on experience in real estate and business, Misha is researching programs and internships for the coming summer.  Here are some options that he is considering:

- Summerfuel (@summerfuel).  A pre-college program providing various "personalized adventures for students," Summerfuel offers a particularly exciting opportunity:  Social Entrepreneurship (passages taken from the organization's About Us).  Hosted on the campuses of Stanford University (@Stanford) and Yale University (@Yale), this program introduces "high school students to the cross-disciplinary skills necessary to build effective and efficient business-based solutions to social problems" (passages taken from the Read More).  More specifically, participants "work to develop and implement comprehensive social ventures, from research to operational logistics, marketing, financing and sustainability.  [They] will have opportunities to implement and measure the impact of key pieces of their plans, practicing key presentation and leadership skills along the way."

- The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania (@Wharton).  A dynamic business institution since 1881, Wharton offers an intriguing pre-college program named the Leadership Education and Development (LEAD) Program.  Hosted on the University of Pennsylvania campus, LEAD offers thirty students across the nation the opportunity to "attend lectures by distinguished Wharton School faculty and visiting corporate executives," to "engage in challenging team-based assignments" and to "visit corporations and institutions in Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., and New York City" (passages taken from The LEAD Program at Wharton).  Enrolled students are also able to network with corporate executives and enjoy various social and cultural activities.

- Marist College (@Marist).  A private four-year institution boasting a reputation as one of the nation's "Best 237 Business Schools" (per the Princeton Review), Marist offers a competitive option for Misha:  the Summer Business Institute.  Hosted for two weeks on Marist's Poughkeepsie, NY campus, this program "introduces students to the world of business and the practice of management" (passages taken from Summer Business Institute).  Students study areas such as the "dynamic world of business, the nature of managerial work, the history of managerial thought," and they receive three college-transferable credits in business.

Misha is diligently preparing his letter to Marist's program, but...which one will he ultimately choose? If you have any advice for him, or if you would recommend any other program not listed above, please post in the comments section below.

Description of 1st image:  Three students enrolled in the Social Entrepreneurship program at Stanford.  Photo added to Pinterest by Jocelyn Su.  Kildonan and its IP program claim no ownership over this picture.

Description of 2nd image:  LEAD at Wharton - Class of 2014, pictured above.  Photo located at www.wharton.upenn.edu.  Kildonan and its IP program claim no ownership over this picture.

Description of 3rd image:  A student attending Marist's Summer Business Institute.  Photo located at www.marist.edu.  Kildonan and its IP program claim no ownership over this picture.