Although this internship did not fulfill the goals I was originally hoping it would, I am still extremely happy I took this opportunity. I took this experience as a learning opportunity and a step in the right direction of finding out what type of career I would like to pursue in the future. There is something undeniably brave in taking advantage of an internship opportunity especially while abroad. In retrospect, I can see that the internship pushed me out of my comfort zone in a way I have not been pushed before. I was by far the youngest person who worked in the organization also as an exchange student with very little experience in my field, yet I came out of the experience successfully and rich in experience. I am also very appreciative of the fact that in the course itself, I got to meet many people from all over the world who shared the experience of maintaining an internship as an exchange student. Overall, my goal of meeting new people was met in ways revolving around the internship, but unfortunately not the internship itself.
There is something undeniably brave about taking an internship opportunity, especially while abroad. In retrospect, I see that the internship pushed me out of my comfort zone in a way I had not been before. I was by far the youngest person in the organization and also an exchange student with very little experience in my field, and yet, I came away from it appreciative and rich in experience.