The official SOTC program dates for 2025 are June 2 – Aug 1; some students will begin their internship early while some internships may last through mid-August. If you are unsure of your internship start/end dates please contact Eric with SOTC and/or your employer. Move in to the SOTC dorm is May 31 and move out is August 2. 

Each participant is an “at will” employee of the employing organization. The employers establish all issues relating to your employment. All students are expected to follow the procedures and policies of their employers. The local alumni associations who participate in and sponsor the program do not employ the students. 

The employers will pay your wages to you directly, typically bi-weekly or weekly, according to their own standard policies. As a paid summer intern, you are an employee, and subject to normal withholding procedures on your paycheck. Feel free to discuss the particulars of your pay period or withholdings with your employer. For those students being paid through a school affiliated grant/stipend program – confirm how this will work with your career services representative.  

No. You are expected to be available for work during the entire internship. We appreciate, however, that it may be necessary to miss a day’s work for a special weekend event such as a family wedding. You must make appropriate arrangements with your employer if you will miss work, as well as clear your absence from the dorm with SOTC staff if during a weekday or on the date of a weekend mandatory event.

Yes. Each participant pays an enrollment fee of $300, which will be due prior to arrival and paid no later than June 16 (pending arrangements made). It is non-refundable. Extensions may be granted on a case-by-case basis. We realize some of you may need to work for a couple of weeks in order to pay this fee. Some schools may offer assistance as well.  

The primary reason for the $300 fee is to make certain that each student is invested in their SOTC internship and immersion program experience. The program including cost-free housing for students is valued at more than $3,000 per participant. Your school and/or local alumni club and employer also contribute towards your experience. This fee will be applied directly toward programming (events & activity) expenses benefiting you and your peers including food at certain events, subsidized parking and public transportation benefits and more!

Undergraduate students of the participating schools who are in good standing and have at least completed their freshman year at the start of the summer program are eligible to participate. Graduating seniors are also eligible.