mirror gotta away 
 i took term spring awesome i didn’t teach english foreign country i didn’t work finance i didn’t unpaid internship designed career goals instead i went home worked cafe played jazz lounge dad i needed break definitely term success reactions peers ambitious decision varied supportive interested just looked confused asking i didn’t abroad try land prestigious internship reactions question choice home reminded dartmouth’s paced atmosphere intimidating interviewed mirror agreed pressure successful dartmouth quite overwhelming — certainly isn’t limited campus activities choices make terms reflection motivation drive doing “ordinaryâ€ considered murray ’12 spent term working organic farms malibu calif praised campus got sense people thought i slacking offâ€ murray said

she said students descriptions “really weirdâ€ asking parents’ opinions term future career murray desire pursue farming post dartmouth career valued term

“it personally fulfillingâ€ said “i needed relax that’s that’s undervalued dartmouth american society influenced peers’ exuberant feedback expressed doubts term — questioning “just giornelli ’12 felt similarly winter term new classes super easy lasted weeksâ€ spent remaining weeks exploring country term adventurous personally enjoyable occasionally rethinks people job offers did internships winter i think ‘what i doing life’â€ terms dedicated solely “personal fulfillmentâ€ aren’t seemingly typical internship volunteering route designed help students gain experience defining potential career paths enjoy terms come job offer negative experiences worth resulting resume boost

a ’12 female described internship davis polk wardwell — new york city law firm formally recruits interns time employees dartmouth — “soul wished remain anonymous sensitive nature binders photocopied hole punched things day learned shake pile papers hole punched holes lined upâ€ business formal attire menial work expected position competitive selection process campus prestigious real world label said

the student felt misled disappointed potentially exciting internship turned “absolutely relationship practicing lawâ€ students used productive challenged said internship’s “lack bigger pictureâ€ term unsuccessful belief necessity resume boosting experiences “unfortunate realityâ€ explained — reality wishes wasn’t prevalent said students believed dislike internship necessarily failure caitlin ardrey ’13 worked finance office senatorial campaign richard blumenthal conn 2009 interested politics raising money organizing events campaign fulfilling i realized i want againâ€ ardrey said

ardrey said harder choice term job offer — example potentially turning high paying job unenjoyable oberg ’13 agreed saying choice turn job simply wouldn’t enjoy taking term internship don’t enjoy pay college save experience “failingâ€ “reasonable responsibleâ€ deeming term success failure depends countless personal measures students need time away dartmouth self reflect exploring internships good bad best option way pressure successful way personal preference especially dealing peers’ think it’s troublesome — idea constantly striving working succeeding having best time everâ€ murray said “it’s ideal that’s hard live toâ€
on resume spring spent home probably won’t help job term away campus productive content dartmouth — — huge midst planning term winter maybe i’ll potentially soul sucking internship route time choose cliche volunteer experience i just home hang parents — option homesick self tempting regardless perceived failure

