Minerva University

Tech support intern

May - September 2020 • San Francisco, CA

What I liked

the experience

What I wish was different

nothing

Advice

apply

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Social Science Research Assistant

May - September 2020 • San Francisco, CA

What I liked

Flexible hours, remote

What I wish was different

More hours to work on

Advice

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Student Affairs and Operations Intern

July - September 2019 • Berlin, Germany

What I liked

I enjoyed exploring Berlin and writing about it and creating content for our school website. I loved getting to apply my creativity to my writing as well as video editing.

What I wish was different

I wish there had been more in-person connection throughout the summer.

Advice

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Outreach Intern for North Africa and the MENA region

September - October 2018 • Alexandria, Alexandria Governorate

What I liked

- I liked how I got to meet different people and increase my network in a way that will benefit me outside my school.

What I wish was different

Advice

- Be consistent and on time when it comes to meetings because first impressions last long

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Outreach intern

May 2019 • Cuernavaca, Morelos Municipality

What I liked

I was able to work within my own times and I had a lot of independence for working on projects on my own and other members of the team.

What I wish was different

Nothing!

Advice

Dedication and responsibility are key, especially when there is not much oversight and a lot of the work is done independently.

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Visa Intern

May - September 2018 • San Francisco, CA

What I liked

I learned practical skills such as excel and data processing

What I wish was different

Honestly everything was very good

Advice

Do not be afraid to try new things

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Academic Outcome Index Wiki Editor

May - August 2018 • San Francisco, CA

What I liked

I was responsible for researching and designing the platform development, and to create and edit content. Having no prior experience in coding for web development I worked with a programmer who assessed the feasibility of my design ideas; I saw that I can contribute to online projects without having advance coding skills.

What I wish was different

My manager was a programmer, who had valuable advice when assessing my work, yet I wish I had received feedback from the UX dep. and other as well.

Advice

Receiving external feedback is always helpful, and it proved to be the case in this project as well. I have collaborated with other departments' managers and asked for feedback, and yet, I would advise asking for explicit input from as many people as possible.

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Academic Team Intern

April - August 2018 • San Francisco, CA

What I liked

I had a wonderful experience interning for the Academic Team - the internship was well-organized, expectations were clear, and there was a good balance of independent, student-driven work and work that was driven by the needs of the Academic Team. It allowed us as an intern group to work together independently and experience managing projects as a team, understanding the mechanisms behind how academics are structured at Minerva, and really deliver work that made an impact on the next class's academic experience. Highly recommend the position to anyone interested in education, curriculum development, tutoring or pedagogy (especially in areas focused on writing or math/coding).