by texag » Tue May 14, 2019 8:14 pm
A few thoughts, that are hopefully helpful:
My experience interning (Civil engineering, Air Force, JBSA) is that everyone is actually super laid back and will work with you to iron everything out after deadlines have passed. I now that doesn't sound nice, but it is actually quite reassuring. the scholarship/interning is a huge deal to us, but to them its not really important.
When I interned last summer, I literally showed up to the gate and no one had sponsored me and when I called around, they said "You're coming today? Oops. We thought you were getting the emails our other interns (PCIPs, not SMART scholars) were getting."
Pick up the phone. Seriously, email is for the birds. I spent 8 weeks trying to figure out some LWOP with one of my supervisors and he finally stopped responding to my emails (turns out he left on assignment for two months). Then my deadline passed and I panicked and picked up the phone and made a few calls and had everything figured out within 6 hours.
What I say you should do is call them, explain the situation (again), and make sure they know that you need more than a few days notice to make the move for work. I know that might sound stressful because you'll just be waiting around for a few more days, but you really just have to wait for them to catch up and prioritize you.
A few thoughts, that are hopefully helpful:
My experience interning (Civil engineering, Air Force, JBSA) is that everyone is actually super laid back and will work with you to iron everything out [i]after[/i] deadlines have passed. I now that doesn't sound nice, but it is actually quite reassuring. the scholarship/interning is a huge deal to us, but to them its not really important.
When I interned last summer, I literally showed up to the gate and no one had sponsored me and when I called around, they said "You're coming today? Oops. We thought you were getting the emails our other interns (PCIPs, not SMART scholars) were getting."
Pick up the phone. Seriously, email is for the birds. I spent 8 weeks trying to figure out some LWOP with one of my supervisors and he finally stopped responding to my emails (turns out he left on assignment for two months). Then my deadline passed and I panicked and picked up the phone and made a few calls and had everything figured out within 6 hours.
What I say you should do is call them, explain the situation (again), and make sure they know that you need more than a few days notice to make the move for work. I know that might sound stressful because you'll just be waiting around for a few more days, but you really just have to wait for them to catch up and prioritize you.