School of Internships
Industry & Internships – high school students
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This section walks you through the Internships we do by Industry, College Interest, Career Interest, Grade level and by Passion .
Note – Internships range from1, 3 and 6 months a year and sometimes more depending on the student. If you have questions, shoot us an email.
Student Assessment Application
Before we chat with parents/students/teachers on the Internship, we assess the students merit, skills, interest, goals, dreams, personality, and passion thoroughly . Student Application Assessment (link below) takes 1 hour to fill up and needs to be filled by the student only. It is mandatory!
Internships Offered
We offer six(6) Industry-focused Internships for students ranging from grade 9-12. These are the kind of Internships that impact the student, their admission towards dream colleges anywhere in the world, the post-COVID era college admission process, and the future jobs (5 to 8 years from now) that will be relevant when the student graduates. This way, there is an alignment between who the student is, where they want to study, what they want to learn in college, and where they want to go in life. Alignment is Success! Alignment is Happiness!
Please scroll through till the end of this page to understand the detail and the depth of the Internships.
Note: Internships are always free, but mentorship and coaching the student during the Internship is not. Most proceeds go to Project Starfish America ( a 501c3 non-profit) that advance the lives of the marginalized and people with disabilities in society globally. All Internships are advanced-level activities and require consistent effort. Coaches/Mentors are Ivy League-educated, highly successful and busy Industry professionals who are passionate about helping the next generation. We select a handful of the students through the Student Assessment Application thus ensuring quality of outcomes. Less is more!
Enough said, please go through the details of the Internships offered! Good luck.
1. Robotics and IoT : Core problem solving and design of Robot. Offered for all grades and range from 1 , 3 and 6 month every year. There is a deep interest among students for this subject and the project can scale up or down depending on the needs.
2. Product Design and Innovation: This is offered to Grade 10 and up and starts with a minimum 3 to 6 to 24 months to build credentials for Top Schools
3. Economics and Business Research : Students focus on intense business research and economic models
4. Finance, Crypto and Technology : Students focus on Financial modeling, stochastic research and research. They are also trained in Stock charts, Crypto charts and other predictive models to build a project that helps them towards advanced knowledge on the subject in a simple and practical manner, instead of jargons.
5. Social Impact, Environment and Govt Policy. Students focus on intense research and alignment with root-cause analysis and system dynamics.
6. Journalism, Marketing and Media Activism. Students focus on building communication and distribution models to illustrate original findings through live interviews. This will be the future of independent journalism with content stored in the Blockchain for authenticity and tokenized for monetization.
Please browse the content below for details and the process of our internships. Note we will not engage with anyone until the student submits the assessment/application. It takes an hour to complete the assessment.
3 Months – 6 Months
1. Robotics: IoT & Industry 4.0
Step 1: Assessment
Assessment of student – dreams, passion, skills, interest, goals etc
Step 2. Who Does Automation Help?
Find who your Robot will help? What problem does it solve?
Step 3. Automation Boundaries
Use System Dynamics and Boundary problems to check constraints
Step 4. Design the Robot in 3D
Use Onshape CAD to build Robot with degrees of freedom and tweak it
Step 5. Check the Impact of Design
Go back to those or the problem you wanted to solve and measurre Impact
6. Present you Project / Interview
Present your project to a panel Industry experts and Ivy League alumni
2. Product design & innovation
6 Months – 24 Months
2. Product Design & Innovation
Step 1. Intense Assessment
This is a high-end program for aspirants looking for Top School / Ivy Leagues. We assess the student for 12 hours before any hands on activity with an interview.
Step 2. Communities that Benefit
Understanding communities, their challenges and working with them directly to gain problem statement, wisdom and why it exists.
Step 3. Automation Boundaries
Student studies MIT Courseware and other subjects like System Dynamics and Design Thinking models and understands Root Cause
Step 4. Iterative Product Design
This is a continuous and iterative process that works with global communities, industry professionals and builds true solutions.
Step 5. Industry Recommendations
Reach out to the Industry, build relationships and focus on showcasing ideas/project to gather credibility, feedback and recommendations
6. Present you Project / Interview
Present your project to a panel of industry experts and Ivy League alumni. This is like interviewing for MIT / Harvard admissions to gain proficiency
Note:
This “Product Design and Innovation” internship is an intense minimum 6-month to 2 years, high-end, Industry aligned, mentored and hands-on innovative Internship focused on new product design that usually fits students looking for Top School and Ivy League entry. Most students land up putting in a patent for their design and the project helps solve problems for people with disabilities.
College Admissions differentiation : Note – projects like these become student credentials, resume and also the story track for essays for Top Schools / Ivy Leagues or any dream school. It helps students standout exceptionally well.
1, 3 and 6 months
3. Economics & Business Research
3. Economics & Business Research
Step 1. Majors/ Minors Assessment
We assess the student for their subject area in Economics/Business and Statististical Research
Step 2. Economics Model Areas
Build Industry Area and Causality Models through Business research and stochastic processes.
Step 3. Automation Boundaries
Apply Economic models and build charts and graphs showing correlation with citations
Step 4. Industry Outreach
Students works with outside researchers to corroborate findings and check accuracy of deductions
Step 5. Industry Recommendations
Gather all dialog and recommendations and build a website of findings with slides and videos
6. Present you Project / Interview
Present your project to a panel of industry experts and Ivy League alumni. This is like interviewing for MIT / Harvard admissions to gain proficiency
Note:
This particular Internship on Economics, Statistical and Business Research is categorized into 1 month, 3 month and 6 months. Typically this is a highly Industry focused and business research focused activities. Most students usually like to focus on an area. 1 month projects are usually generic research driven, 3 month-6 month are usually very intense and it prepares students towards building strong resume, skills and credentials for college admission
College Admissions differentiation : Note – projects like these become student credentials, resume and also the story track for essays for Top Schools / Ivy Leagues or any dream school. It helps students standout exceptionally well.
1, 3 and 6 months
4. Finance, Crypto and Trading Technology
4. Finance, Crypto & Fintech
Step 1. Majors/ Minors Assessment
Most students usually choose Finance with a Technology subject. We strongly believe that is a great combination because Finance is heavy with Tech.
Step 2: Financial Model Areas
Choosing an area to apply Finance and Technology is key. We believe this is wherre Crypto plays in very well and so does stocks.
Step 3. Address Outcomes
One needs to solve the problems in the outcomes, by identifying the problem. Most students may know finance theory, but have to be taught it’s application
Step 4. Building Financial Model
This is where we invest the most time. Students have to go through the previous steps to arrive here, which is why it takes several months
Step 5. Test the Model
Financial models result in clear analysis, resulting in outcomes. Students reach out to the Industry to fine tune the project for better outcomes
6. Present you Project / Interview
Present your project to a panel of industry experts and Ivy League alumni. This is like interviewing for MIT / Harvard admissions to gain proficiency
1, 3 and 6 months
5. Social Impact, Environment and Govt. Policy
5. Social Impact, Environment and Govt Policy
Step 1. Majors/ Minors Assessment
Most students are passionate about a cause, but not sure how to take action. The assessment brings out the cause and the passion clearly
Step 2. Social Impact Model
Students have to invest a lot of time in research to arrive at the root-cause models of the Social or Environment problem, resulting in the Model
Step 3. Address Outcomes
Social Impact challenges are broad and student needs to study Ecosystems, System Dynamics and Causality models to design outcomes
Step 4. Building Social/ Gov Model
Triangulating #3 with Govt. and Fiduciary policy, ultimately builds the model that will require solving by putting in awareness and action
Step 5. Test the Model
Usually testing the model requires feedback from others in a specialized profession. Student creates outreach program and presents finding
6. Present you Project / Interview
Present your project to a panel of industry experts and Ivy League alumni. This is like interviewing for MIT / Harvard admissions to gain proficiency
1, 3 and 6 months
6. Journalism, Marketing & media/activism
6. Journalism, Marketing & Media based Activism
Step 1. Majors/ Minors Assessment
Most students are passionate about a cause, but not sure how to take action. The assessment brings out the cause and the passion clearly
Step 2: Journalism Impact Model
Arriving at several topics for Journalism and the styles of reporting is critical. Skills of video editing, interviewing and communication styles are taught.
Step 3. Address Outcomes
Social Impact challenges are broad and student needs to study Ecosystems, System Dynamics and Causality models to design outcomes
Step 4. Building Media/Activism
Student builds the story line, connects with people through Zoom and interviews them or vice versa and builds the distrbution channel
Step 5. Post Production
The project is ready for prime time. Student gets in touch with national media organizations to promote their creation via outreach
6. Present you Project / Interview
Present your project to a panel of industry experts and Ivy League alumni. This is like interviewing for MIT / Harvard admissions to gain proficiency
You can trust us!
We are a group of PLD ( Exec MBA alternative) Graduates from Harvard Business School. We are stalwarts in the Industry globally and we believe the old internship models need to be replaced with the new that fits the Digital Age. The old model doesn’t really help the student – so we invented the new one – School of Internships
We want to help Students
We are deeply concerned about the student situation, specifically those in High School and their future as everything in higher education, jobs and the Industry is about to change. Students will need to learn a new set of skills early in their career and also differentiate themselves during college admission.
We are busy professionals in the Industry, but we started this program out of passion to help students. You are in good hands!
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Location
Project Starfish America
181 Market St, Lowell, MA
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Hours
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