Being able to assess your skills and abilities and make corrections or change course on your own work is a crucial real-world skill for work and graduate programs. In a full-time job, your boss won’t hover and coach you or give you feedback on every detail of your work. It will be your responsibility to make decisions, check your work, and act independently.

Luckily, an internship is a perfect bridge between the classroom with regular feedback, rubrics, and grades AND the full-time workforce where nobody tells you exactly what to do and you might not receive frequent feedback. This is your time to learn and practice before becoming more independent in the workplace.

At your internship

Your internship supervisor can and should give you more frequent, specific feedback on how you’re doing. Keep in mind that supervisors may be accustomed to supervising full-time staff who have more independence, and you may have to ask how you’re doing to prompt this frequent feedback. It’s ok to ask or remind them that you’d like more frequent feedback. They’re happy to tell you how to improve or where you’re doing well and how to take that to the next level of greatness.

From our team

The ambassadors will give feedback on the monthly prompts and assignments, both with a rubric and in written comments. Feedback does not mean that you have failed. We are here to help take your writing from good to great! Use these comments to improve your reflections and deepen your experience. If you make edits based on feedback and want them to take another look, ask! Feedback does not mean that you must resubmit unless we have noted that you missed answering a question.

Assignments are typically due at the end of the month and we review and give feedback right after the deadline. However, you can submit assignments at any time before the deadline and receive feedback sooner! This is helpful when you’re not sure and want more extensive feedback, or want time to get a first round of feedback and make changes before the deadline for more feedback. Ambassadors may be faster to review and respond before the deadline. Expect a delay if you submit at or after the deadline because there are so many interns to get through!