Paid PWM internship or unpaid search fund for my freshman summer?
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If you can for sure keep your current job, I'd definitely take search fund. Experience > money and the fact that you will still make some money helps. In interviews, being able to talk about the relevant experiences will help a lot. I took an unpaid internship my freshman summer and was able to talk a lot about what I did there even though it was unpaid.
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Do the search fund as it is more similar to what you want to do long-term and you mentioned cash isn't an issue
underclassmen experience is quite relevant when you are interviewing for SA as a sophomore so I would not take PWM
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