Summer Internships... Who wants to spend their summer in a stuffy office behind a computer screen? While they may seem tedious, internships can help you get your foot in the door. In the end you'll be happy you spent your summer networking, there's always next summer to lay by the pool!

1. Contemplation

You know you should get that internship…but do you really want to?

2. Interest (Sort of)

Ok maybe if I just pretend to look my mom will get off my back

3. Actual Interest

Wait you can get paid to play with dolphins in Costa Rica?

4. Applications

If I have to type my address one more time my fingers are going to fall off

5. Updating Your Resume

So this is the part where I try to make babysitting sound really smart right?

6. Cover Letters

Dear Human Resources Recruiter, I really need this job so please give it to me or I will be living in my parents’ basement for the rest of my life.

7. Submission

* Constantly refreshes email waiting for a response*

8. Response

What…. Someone actually thinks I can pull this job off?

9. Interview

palms are sweaty, knees weak, arms are heavy

10. Post Interview

*Walks out of interview feeling like Kelly Kapoor*

11. Employed!

Yeah that’s right I can bull shit my way through getting a job, steady income here I come!

12. Reality

*cries to self as you proceed to type emails while your friends are at the beach*