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  1. My student applied for dozens of internships this summer and probably less than 10% of them were paid despite asking for 24 – 40 hours/wk of time commitment. The very least they could do is pay minimum wage. The company I used to work for offered internships. Most of those went to the kids of the executives or their relatives. Not surprising, those were paid.

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