Database of Freshmen-Focused Summer Resources

This database of freshmen-focused summer resources and opportunities is primarily derived from our Freshmen Summer Project. We are constantly updating with more opportunities sourced by the writers and the Sign.al community.

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Essentials * [Quakernet Database of All Penn Alumni](https://quakernet-idp.alumni.upenn.edu/discovery/?entityID=https%3A%2F%2Fquakernet-idp.alumni.upenn.edu%2Fsp&return=https%3A%2F%2Fquakernet-idp.alumni.upenn.edu%2FShibboleth.sso%2FLogin%3FSAMLDS%3D1%26target%3Dss%253Amem%253Ae014c520753011fdba0ab0fb1e8f2fad77ace782a6bf4bf7efc1ae2b837b9d5c) * [PennLink Database of All Company Internships](http://www.vpul.upenn.edu/careerservices/pennlink_jobseekers.php) (*note: Penn is now moving to the Handshake platform) * [Penn Internship Network for Penn Student Chats](http://www.vpul.upenn.edu/careerservices/jobsandinternships/pin.php) * [Penn LinkedIn Alumni Search](https://www.linkedin.com/school/3165/alumni)

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Education Programs and Research ######Industry * [Girls Who Invest](http://www.girlswhoinvest.org/students/) * [Horizons School of Technology](http://www.joinhorizons.com/summer_immersive) * [Sans Institute CyberTalent Academy](https://www.sans.org/cybertalent/immersion-academy/admissions#womens)

Courses

• Penn On-Campus Summer Courses
• Penn Online Summer Courses

Research

• Penn Center for Undergraduate Research & Fellowship (CURF)
• College of Arts & Sciences Summer Humanities Internships
• Wharton Summer Program for Summer Research (SPUR)
• Jewish Studies Program Summer Research Funding

Summer Abroad ######Penn * [Penn International Internship Program (IIP)](https://global.upenn.edu/iip/iip-placements) * [Penn Summer Abroad](http://www.sas.upenn.edu/summer/programs/abroad) * [Penn in Buenos Aires Program](http://www.sas.upenn.edu/summer/courses/term/2016B/subject/PSAB/course/PSAB002959) * [Penn International Impact Consulting Summer Program](http://www.penniic.com/) * [Research Internships in South Asia](https://www.southasiacenter.upenn.edu/research-internships-south-asia) * [LGBTQ Summer Program in South Asia](https://www.southasiacenter.upenn.edu/kolkata-lgbt-movement-building) * [Schwartz Family Penn Impact Lab Summer Program in Africa](http://socialimpactstrategy.org/residential/impactlab/)

External Programs

• Harvard Beijing Academy
• London School of Economics (LSE) Summer Program
• The Paideia Institute Internship in Rome

Work Opportunities ######Penn * [Wharton Entrepreneurship's Summer Startup Internship Grant](http://entrepreneurship.wharton.upenn.edu/startup-internship-award/) * [Wharton Entrepreneurship's Summer Venture Award](http://entrepreneurship.wharton.upenn.edu/summer-venture-award/) * [WeissLabs Summer Entrepreneur Cohort](https://weisslabs.typeform.com/to/zhhAxs) * [Penn Wharton Public Policy Initiative Job Board](https://publicpolicy.wharton.upenn.edu/for-students/job-board/) * [Wharton Social Impact Initiative Job Board](https://socialimpact.wharton.upenn.edu/general-news/summer-impact-internship-funding-opportunities/) * [Penn Center for High Impact Philanthropy Summer Jobs](http://www.impact.upenn.edu/about/employment-opportunities/) * [Civic House Community Engagement Internship Program](http://www.vpul.upenn.edu/civichouse/internship.php) * [Career Services Summer Funding for Unpaid Internships](http://www.vpul.upenn.edu/careerservices/summerfunding.php) * [Penn Admissions Summer Tour Guide](https://key.admissions.upenn.edu/register/?id=a80d350f-a58a-4752-9e53-abe9c0aced58) * [Career Services Career Plans Survey Results](http://www.vpul.upenn.edu/careerservices/reports.php#CP)

External

• Facebook University Internship
• Google BOLD Internship for both Business and Engineering
• Google Summer of Code
• JP Morgan Finance Internship
• Libra Tech Summer Internship
• Emerson Collective Social Innovation Summer Internship

Leadership and Development ######Penn * [Penn College Achievement Program (PENNCAP) Counselor](http://www.vpul.upenn.edu/eap/penncap/) * [Leadership in the Business World (LBW) Summer TA](https://www.wharton.upenn.edu/leadership-business-world/) * [Penn in Washington Summer Program](https://piw.sas.upenn.edu/penn-washington-summer-program) * [Penn Girls in Engineering, Maths, and Sciences (Penn GEMS) Counselor](https://docs.google.com/a/wharton.upenn.edu/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdS4Lih49ZFkijvITlpaoPIlz7lguC-DkF1X0YU5AUgW-dZjA/viewform?c=0&w=1)

External

• GenHERation Discovery Days
• John Hopkins Center for Talented Youth Instructor Role

Interested in hearing from upperclassmen about their experiences with this places? Check out our **[Sign.al Mentors and student quotes](http://thesign.al/freshmen-summer-quotes/)**.

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