I Got An Internship!

Welcome back everyone!

As you can tell from this post’s title, I have a wonderful announcement to make. I am so excited to say that I have been accepted as a fall intern for RaiseMe through their ambassador program! This post is not necessarily a promotion for their platform (I did not list my blog in my application, therefore they are not aware it exists), but I would like to say it’s a great website that you can sign up for to start earning micro-scholarships for college. Every season, RaiseMe sends out emails to lucky students with active accounts on the website inviting them to apply to become an intern for a few months.

I’ve listed RaiseMe as a great website for college resources multiple times on my blog; in case you’ve never heard of it, it’s a website that allows you to input grades, extracurricular achievements, standardized test scores, etc. and earn potential scholarship money from it. There are about 100 colleges that you can earn these mini-scholarships through and follow on the site. Even if the colleges you’re interested in aren’t scholarship partners, it’s still a good idea to sign up because new partners are adding often, and there’s a useful college search tool on the site that includes most colleges (not just partners). I first heard about the site last winter from my school’s counseling office newsletter and signed up just to see what it was about, and I’m glad I did.

I got an email about a month ago inviting me to apply for their Fall 2019 internship, and I immediately filled out the form. It was a fairly simple online application; I believe there were only a couple short answer questions. The only question I really spent time on was the one inquiring about what extracurriculars I had; I pretty much listed everything I do (since I don’t do too much) outside of school. I received an email on October 2nd that I was in! It obviously is an online-based internship meaning most of my tasks will be related to social media or further promoting RaiseMe in my community/at my school; I will not be reporting to an office or having strict hours. It’s supposed to be a pretty flexible commitment where you can put in as much time as you want/have, which was also huge for me.

The internship kickoff call is in a couple days, so I will be receiving a lot more information about what my exact duties will be and how I can get involved with the organization soon. Once I find out more and get started with the internship, I will make another post with more details and possibly a guide on how others can apply for next season. I encourage any of you high schoolers out there to make a RaiseMe account; that way, you might have the opportunity to get this internship in the future!

-Brooke