Is it possible to intern for nothing at all?

No money, no college credit?

Looking to find a fall internship but the deadline to apply to get college credit has passed (and also the program is terrible too). Was wondering if I could just intern there and basically earn nothing from it, other than being able to put it on my resume.

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