Discuss “Screwing the intern: Students have to pay big money for summer credit”

It’s easy to complain about Carnegie Mellon. Maybe you wish for reduced tuition, cheaper parking, or even just free printing (after all, printing used to be free.) The problem is, all of these things cost money. My request, however, does not: I would like units. Nine, to be exact.

I had an unpaid internship last summer. About a month in advance, I started looking into the possibility of obtaining credit from Carnegie Mellon — you know, for all the blood, sweat, and tears (and paper cuts) requisite of any internship, particularly those of the completely unpaid variety.

I discovered one horrible, illogical rule: In order to receive credit for an internship, a student has to be enrolled in Carnegie Mellon during the semester of the internship.

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