It's February. Are you on top of your game? It's about time for people to start asking what you're doing with your summer, so you better start figuring it out. Here are the seven stages of finding a summer job.
1. Realizing how late you are to the game.
You friends keep saying "I got a job!" or "I landed that internship!" or even "I won a fellowship" and all you can realize you haven't even started looking.
2. Denial that you are falling behind.
As college students, and especially as Yalies, we never want to admit that we aren't on top of our game. But ultimately, we must come to face the facts.
3. Crying to your school's career counselor for help.
You told yourself you wouldn't cry in front of her, sitting there at her desk with two computer monitors full of options for your summer. But alas, here come the tears.
4. Perfecting your resume a thousand times.
Every time you think it is perfect and ready to go, you read it again and find six typos. Once, you misspelled your own name, and now you are questioning everything you know.
5. Rapid application season.
Deadlines start quickly approaching and you panic. You spend hours upon hours a day cranking out project proposals, budgets, and other necessities for a good application. You aren't sure how you're still alive at the end.
6. Your first wave of interviews.
You thought that the applications were the hardest part, but then people want to actually meet you and talk to you without the thick layer of the internet between you. You're only slightly terrified.
7. Accepting a position.
Finally, after what seems like years of hard work, you get that call (or the email) that you got the job. You want to take a nap for sixty-two months, but now you have to catch up on all the homework you neglected while you sought out summer employment.
