Wonderful experience for those who are hard working, talented and driven
Pros
-Huge potential earnings -Build a resume which blows your fellow students out of the water -Develop entrepreneurial skills -Learn marketing planning and implementation -Learn and hone sales techniques -Learn to manage employees whom are older than you -Meet tons of fellow driven kids your age who will be the drivers of industry in ten years -Accomplish all of the above in a controlled environment under the watchful eye of an experienced college kid whose had a high level of success in the program -Successful, hard working interns will be treated very well with plenty of fun retreats, as well as the possibility for upward movement into a management role in the following years.
Cons
-You will lose some weekends and parties at school (All of which are made up for in spades come summer time!) -Takes an extremely high level of dedication, lazy people need not apply -Its a sales and management focused business internship, it can be extremely difficult and discouraging at times. Welcome to the real world folks, you can get your feet wet with it now and beat your learning curve or you can get chucked into the water when you graduate with no experience, your choice. -You are paid based on your ability to generate revenue. If you're either not talented enough to do so, or not motivated enough to work hard and bring in money, then you will not make much money. Most interns hired are talented enough to achieve success, so the ones who fail generally do so because the work ethic wasn't there, and then leave with a sour taste in their mouths when they aren't compensated well. Again, welcome to the real world, if you want to get paid hourly for putting in minimal effort, mcdonalds is always accepting applications.
