{"id":18767,"date":"2021-11-09T13:52:04","date_gmt":"2021-11-09T18:52:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/humanities\/?page_id=18767"},"modified":"2022-10-07T13:10:24","modified_gmt":"2022-10-07T17:10:24","slug":"undergraduate-internship-faq","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/humanities\/opportunities\/undergrads\/undergrad-internships\/undergraduate-internship-faq\/","title":{"rendered":"Undergraduate Internship FAQ"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h3 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">Which majors\/minors qualify me to appply?<\/h3><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><br \/>\n<span>Internships are open to undergraduates who are majoring or minoring in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cas\/academics\/undergraduate-education\/special-academic-opportunities\/humanities\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CAS humanities department<\/a> or one of the following CAS departments\/programs in the social sciences: Anthropology, Archaeology, African American Studies, History, Women\u2019s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, and Holocaust, Genocide, and Human Rights Studies.\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h3 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">How will applicants be evaluated?<\/h3><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><br \/>\n<span>Applicants will be evaluated on: quality of writing, academic record, reasons for interest in this opportunity, and the strength of letters of recommendation.\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h3 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">I am a freshmen. Can I still apply?<\/h3><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><br \/>\n<span>Yes. But note that application quality being equal, preference will be given to students who are further along in their degree program.<\/span><br \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h3 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">I am a senior graduating this year. Can I still apply?<\/h3><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><br \/>\nYes.<br \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h3 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">I am a senior graduating in the fall semester. Can I still apply?<\/h3><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><br \/>\nYes.<br \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h3 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">Who should I ask to write my letters of recommendation?<\/h3><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><br \/>\n<span>Solicit letters of recommendation from people who are able to address your skills in areas that are applicable to an internship in the humanities (writing, research, critical thinking, etc.).<\/span><br \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h3 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">My instructor is a graduate student. Can they still write me a letter of recommendation?<\/h3><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><br \/>\nYes, so long as they are the instructor of record (rather than a teaching assistant).<br \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h3 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">Does this program provide housing?<\/h3><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><br \/>\nNo, interns are expected to secure their own housing during the duration of their internship. Stipends are calculated to exceed the average cost of living for 8-12 weeks.<br \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":16661,"featured_media":0,"parent":13924,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/humanities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18767"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/humanities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/humanities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/humanities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16661"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/humanities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18767"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/humanities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18767\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19949,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/humanities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18767\/revisions\/19949"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/humanities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13924"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/humanities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18767"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}