Sycamore Chins
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So a while back on CnQ I asked for help with my cover letter to send to a zoo - and thanks those of you that helped!
For my Zoology major here at MSU I am required to do a semester long internship. I went to my advisor with a huge stack of applications (I like to cover my bases - its a typical virgo thing) and he told me to pick ONE to apply to and we'd get it for me. Needless to say I almost fainted and have been such a nervous wreck.
So I picked Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust, in Jersey, UK. I have a study abroad scholarship and with that it works out to be pretty much the same cost-wise as doing an internship in the US.
So I'm waiting...and waiting...for a response. Finally I e-mail the program coordinator...no response for a week. So I e-mail her again. Finally a response! She apologizes (apologises - in English) and said she sent all the paperwork back to my advisor and the post must be slow but I got the internship!
Now my advisor swore up and down he never recieved anything but i went to him again with the e-mail and he's like "Oh....yeah!!! I did get something!" :banghead: Turns out he got this "something" almost a month ago!!! But I forgive him because he's ancient and he did SOMETHING to help me get this internship (I'm pretty durn sure i didn't get it alllll on my own).
So I got the internship...BUT she says she has me scheduled to start in June - this would mean I would miss two weeks of classes in the fall. Not good! I talked to my advisor and he says I MUST start May 18th. So off to e-mail her again and pray like I've never prayed before that it'll be okay...
:cheer2: IT'S OKAY!!!! :cheer:
So I am spending my WHOLE summer in the UK! I got my plane tickets and I leave May 12th. I start my internship in the Bird Department at Durrell May 18th. I end August 20th and I fly back September 2nd.
I'm spending an extra week and a half in europe after my internship (and missing the first 3 days of classes, but really...europe...or syllabi...not a difficult decision). I've already started planning my jaunt around england, france and wales. (If you have any "must visits" PLEASE let me know!)
I am so excited I cannot stand it! I've only been to Toronto and the Bahamas so this is a WHOLE lot more "international" to me. I've got a countdown already - these months will not go by fast enough!
Jersey sounds like the most amazing place. It's so "small-town" and its a frickin island! Only 45 square miles!!! I get to bike from place to place!
I'm waiting to hear back about housing still and have so much stuff to get in order its not funny!
If there are any UK people here, do you have any tips for me?
98 DAYS!!!
For my Zoology major here at MSU I am required to do a semester long internship. I went to my advisor with a huge stack of applications (I like to cover my bases - its a typical virgo thing) and he told me to pick ONE to apply to and we'd get it for me. Needless to say I almost fainted and have been such a nervous wreck.
So I picked Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust, in Jersey, UK. I have a study abroad scholarship and with that it works out to be pretty much the same cost-wise as doing an internship in the US.
So I'm waiting...and waiting...for a response. Finally I e-mail the program coordinator...no response for a week. So I e-mail her again. Finally a response! She apologizes (apologises - in English) and said she sent all the paperwork back to my advisor and the post must be slow but I got the internship!
Now my advisor swore up and down he never recieved anything but i went to him again with the e-mail and he's like "Oh....yeah!!! I did get something!" :banghead: Turns out he got this "something" almost a month ago!!! But I forgive him because he's ancient and he did SOMETHING to help me get this internship (I'm pretty durn sure i didn't get it alllll on my own).
So I got the internship...BUT she says she has me scheduled to start in June - this would mean I would miss two weeks of classes in the fall. Not good! I talked to my advisor and he says I MUST start May 18th. So off to e-mail her again and pray like I've never prayed before that it'll be okay...
:cheer2: IT'S OKAY!!!! :cheer:
So I am spending my WHOLE summer in the UK! I got my plane tickets and I leave May 12th. I start my internship in the Bird Department at Durrell May 18th. I end August 20th and I fly back September 2nd.
I'm spending an extra week and a half in europe after my internship (and missing the first 3 days of classes, but really...europe...or syllabi...not a difficult decision). I've already started planning my jaunt around england, france and wales. (If you have any "must visits" PLEASE let me know!)
I am so excited I cannot stand it! I've only been to Toronto and the Bahamas so this is a WHOLE lot more "international" to me. I've got a countdown already - these months will not go by fast enough!
Jersey sounds like the most amazing place. It's so "small-town" and its a frickin island! Only 45 square miles!!! I get to bike from place to place!
I'm waiting to hear back about housing still and have so much stuff to get in order its not funny!
If there are any UK people here, do you have any tips for me?
98 DAYS!!!