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We see you eagerly scrolling through social posts and websites looking for an internship program. And really, it鈥檚 time. You鈥檙e suddenly further along in your college career than you鈥檝e ever imagined. You鈥檝e developed academic and professional interests鈥攖hings you鈥檝e learned in the classroom and want to practice for real. You want to start building your resume so when you graduate, you鈥檙e ready to step into the next phase of your amazing life.

Enter 蘑菇视频 Allen. We have the best internship program around. It鈥檚 so different, we call it Summer Games鈥攁 10-week, paid internship that simulates a real-world startup accelerator while being a fun, summer-long competition.听

1.听听听听听 You鈥檒l work on exciting projects

Your mission for the summer? Develop breakthrough ideas and solutions for our clients鈥� most pressing problems. 鈥淵ou have a challenging project that you鈥檙e in charge of seeing through鈥攆rom early inception to research, development, prototyping, and presenting,鈥� says Riya Jain, a Johns Hopkins senior. 鈥淵ou get to contribute to something larger and the sense of ownership is wonderful.鈥�

Recent projects have included a tool for federal agencies to assess carbon sequestration on government lands; an online portal to improve the small business administration disaster loan approval process; and a system to detect, analyze, and prevent small, unmanned aircraft systems from encroaching on the areas around U.S. airports. 鈥淭he beauty of this program is you learn as you do the work, and what you create feels like yours,鈥� says University of Wisconsin鈥揗adison junior, Logan Schwartz.听

2.听听听听听 You鈥檒l be part of a cross-functional team

Over the course of the summer, you鈥檒l be exposed to a wide array of backgrounds and majors, including other students on your immediate team and expert 蘑菇视频 Allen mentors. These unique perspectives will allow you to see your challenge from different angles. 鈥淢y teammates and I were able to identify each other鈥檚 strengths early on,鈥� says Rutgers senior, Richard Yoo. 鈥淲e broke the project apart so we could focus on our strengths, but we learned from each other鈥攁nd leaned on one another鈥攁long the way.鈥�

For Logan, it was team diversity that drew her to Summer Games. 鈥淎s a business major, I have classes with other business students. They鈥檙e the only people I see during the school year. It amazed me that this program combines students with different backgrounds and majors because that鈥檚 what our careers will look like.鈥�

3.听听听听听 You鈥檒l take the first steps in your career

This isn鈥檛 your typical internship. When you wrap Summer Games in August, you鈥檒l leave with tangible, real-world experiences to draw from in the future.听 鈥淚 can say that this summer, I had leadership over a project from the start to the very end,鈥� says Riya. 鈥淚鈥檝e worked at nonprofits and think tanks and have never been able to claim that before.鈥�

鈥淚鈥檓 a student, but I鈥檓 also an aspiring consultant,鈥� adds Richard. 鈥淪ummer Games allowed me and my teammates to get a firsthand look at what it鈥檚 like to work on a consulting project. It鈥檚 a completely unique experience that pulls the true potential out of students. Summer Games is unlike anything else out there.鈥澨�