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I completed a one year unpaid clinical internship for my degree, it was part of the school program. I was at a hospital training for a licensed position in the lab. It sucked because it was 40hr/week and they had me do a large part of the job except result verification, since I was not licensed yet. It was very difficult because I was not paid and I live in NYC. This is the standard for my field. Hospitals looooove free labor. I would've loved minimum wage 
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Arrgytehpirate posted:That sounds insane. How did you make ends meet? I'm thinking if I ever do an unpaid internship I'm going to have to take out student loans since the GI Bill only pays when I'm actually in school. Barely. Thankfully my small tuition was covered by grants, but it was a combination of sponging off of my grad student husband and a smallish student loan. It was a really tough year and our finances were slowly spiraling down the whole time. Thankfully I got a job right away or we would've been up a creek. Sundae, that really sucks that the hospital wouldn't vouch for their interns. Really defeats the whole point, doesn't it? I've heard lousy things about a lot of cytology departments, and it seems like the technologists hold onto those few jobs with a deathgrip so it's really hard to get into the field. The core labs are a lot less difficult, as long as you aren't gunning for day shift.
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