is doing internship worth at all?

Question

I am doing my masters in US. I got my scholarship just in January which will last till December. It also reduces my fees considerably. Now I am done with 3 courses and I have to complete 11 in all. So if I take internship for the summer I will be working for 3 months and can't select any coursework during this period. So I have to take 4 courses in fall and wait for spring to complete my project till then my scholarship will be over. So is it worth doing it at all?

I am doing my masters in Industrial Engineering at Texas A & M.

Answer 1

Absolutely not. Take in the sites around the country. Take out a small government loan through your financial aid office - say $3,000 dollars...then travel around and hit the major cities for a summer of fun.

The key to education is learning. And you can't learn about this country by working an unrelenting job and booking your class schedule to the nightmare proportions of crammed finals...

Kick back grab a backpack and a weeks worth of clothes and supplies and hit the buslines or trainlines...take a friend. Most kids are up for a traveling expedition as long as they have someone to talk to.

Good luck...but whatever you choose realize that an internship does not help a resume...a degree does. The only purpose of an internship is to gain experience in the job force and make networking contacts and references...but you really won't need that so have a good time and look around, write a journal, get it published...smoke some herb and stay out of trouble.

Answer 2

It kind of depends on what, exactly, you're getting your masters in. In most fields, experience counts for a TON, and so does having worthwhile references, as far as getting a job is concerned. In that respect, internships are very helpful. You may even be able to get your first job directly from the company that grants you an internship, saving you the hassle of doing nasty job searches. Usually, you're also getting paid a little bit of money for your work.