City Internships: Intern & travel, 20 cities & 9 industries

It was one of the best summer of my life. LA is an amazing city with countless opportunities and million of things to do. Not only acquire internship experience but also meet people from all over the world and become good friends with them! I really enjoyed it.
We also get to go to Las Vegas for our retreat, it was amazing because I turned 21 during the program. So the whole program went and had a blast!

New York as a whole is an amazing city, with lovely attractions, the city literally does not sleep, and you can walk miles (I lost count of how many I did!).

I lived in a midtown NYU dorm, which was great - very close to attractions, food halls, libraries, the lot. Almost everything is walkable, and cabs are cheap.

But when it came to the working side of things, it was not simple, and it honestly felt like my concerns were dismissed the majority of the time; I did not feel listened to. I was also placed in an environment that I did not understand, and no one there seemed bothered to help when or if it was required. You were mainly left to your own devices. In this respect, I would urge the City Internships staff to listen to an intern's concerns, and help them if they need it - perhaps a few unscheduled visits to workplaces would be a way to see how things are going? I'm also not sure if the scope of employers currently signed to the programme is varied enough. City Internships perhaps may want to make it non negotiable to employers that important documents have to be returned on time - otherwise, perhaps, they will be dismissed from the program. I ran into difficulties over this with my employer, but it was sorted. Maybe they need to be vetted more thoroughly in the future.

This aside, the social scene was good, and the events the staff put on for us were good - I made some good contacts, and I very much appreciate the opportunity to do so. NYC is an amazing place (I mostly stuck to the city itself), and I was privileged to be able to visit DC with the interns and staff for a weekend.

As regards my safety, I felt very comfortable walking around the city at any time of the day or night.

I would like to go back, but I would be very worried about being placed in the same situation again, and the cost of the program itself is a lot.

I believe that City Internships provides a great service that matches people whom are seeking a great professional learning experience with people whom are seeking to share what they have learned during their time in industry. City Internships offers great professional developments seminars, bonding trips, and an opportunity to learn about how a profession operates prior matriculation into that industry.

City Internships allowed interns to easily transition into life in one of the busiest cities in the world. I believe the success of the program to be based in great management and staff. I would recommend any/all prospective interns to partake in the City Internship Program. I was thankful to be living downtown, in a NYU dormitory, in an area very close to any/all attractions of the city. Also, the dormitory setting was appealing because interns were automatically surrounded by a large community of friendly, college-aged individuals.

The programme was great as it helped me get an internship with a research company specializing in economics, which is exactly what i was interested in. My days were very varied, with the company really trying to make the projects i was working on interesting and rewarding. I did everything from data analysis, to being able to listen in on client calls as well as developing my own projects they used for further recommendation to clients on the market.

City Internships helped me find an ideal placement within the Banking & Finance sector. The staff were very helpful from the onset and throughout.

Social Events were good, especially the weekend trip to the Lake district.

Overall the programme provides any budding student an excellent opportunity to kick start their career and also have a lot of fun.

I would highly recommend the London programme.

I had a great time in LA. My internship was at a commercial real estate brokerage. While I enjoyed getting to know all of the interesting people from all of the world, it was an awesome opportunity to learn about networking, how to navigate my way through work interactions, and gain valuable skills for interviewing and resume-writing. The experience itself was a great talking point as I've been looking for positions of employment in my last year of college.

City Internships provides a great pathway to getting very valuable and substantial work experience in the industry you are interested in. You are well looked after during the programme and they provide various socials where you can get to know the other interns, all of which are from all corners of the world. The programme also provides weekly seminars, each with a different focus, designed to help you compete in the graduate jobs market.