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Lauren Berger, 'Intern Queen,' Had 15 Internships In Four Years

Lauren Berger Intern Queen

First Posted: 05/29/10 06:12 AM ET Updated: 05/25/11 05:00 PM ET

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By the time Lauren Berger graduated from University of Central Florida in 2006, she had 15 internships already under her belt. So she felt like an expert when it came to finding and getting them. Even when she landed her first job at Creative Artists Agency, she told everyone who would listen that she was "The Intern Queen."

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By the time Lauren Berger graduated from University of Central Florida in 2006, she had 15 internships already under her belt. So she felt like an expert when it came to finding and getting them. Even...
By the time Lauren Berger graduated from University of Central Florida in 2006, she had 15 internships already under her belt. So she felt like an expert when it came to finding and getting them. Even...
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GetAbike
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12:12 PM on 03/31/2010
hmmm... well, she certainly dresses for success and has a nice smile. Who could resist?
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olddognewtrick
Half full or half empty...It's the same
102 Fans
11:01 AM on 03/31/2010
Got a feeling she's going to be a mutliple winner when they hand out the "Monica" awards this year...
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derence
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01:56 AM on 03/30/2010
Daddy must have some bucks, a lower income kid is lucky to get one internship.
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JBS
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317 Fans
09:31 PM on 03/29/2010
Internships are a scam. Just a way for business to get your labor without paying for it.
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deepintheheartoftejas
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09:45 PM on 03/29/2010
That's why I love interns! I remember having a chance to intern when I was an undergrad, at the local Raytheon plant. They were looking for math & physics majors who wanted to earn "valuable experience". I was mildly interested, until I learned it was completely unpaid. What a rip.

We have unpaid interns every summer at my company. My take on the situation is that if they're stupid enough to volunteer for a job with no monetary return, they're probably not assertive enough or bright enough to object to any crap-work I want to give them to do.
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olddognewtrick
Half full or half empty...It's the same
102 Fans
11:02 AM on 03/31/2010
Labor?
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olddognewtrick
Half full or half empty...It's the same
102 Fans
08:37 PM on 03/29/2010
She'll be repping: Kim, Jesse, Paris and Lindsay...
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OneEarthling
I hear imaginary guitar notes
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04:51 PM on 03/29/2010
"Me and my class of interns would wake up at 2 a.m."

Oh, brother.

"a Hollywood producer took notice and offered to help her launch it as her personal brand."

I'll bet.
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Rule Of Law
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08:29 PM on 03/29/2010
At the U. of Central Fla. that's axually purty good talkin'.
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dukeitout
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03:27 PM on 03/30/2010
"Me and my class......." is incorrect. Me and you agree this ain't right.
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kara1018
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04:11 PM on 03/29/2010
You can't gain very valuable experience in this quantity over quality approach to internships (I mean 15 in 4 years? That's quite excessive). However I'm glad that Lauren is capitalizing on her situation by serving as spokeswoman for University of Dreams, a group that takes thousands of dollars from students to guarantee them placement in various internships... This practice unfairly disadvantages lower-income students who can't afford such placement services. Programs like these alter the applicant pool by bringing less qualified individuals to the top, based on their payment rather than merit...She conveniently left that all out when she spoke at my University last semester.
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TeeLolly
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06:34 PM on 03/29/2010
The system helps preserve the best opportunities for those born into privilege ...
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marijam
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04:11 PM on 03/29/2010
What? Not even one job offer? I think that says all you need to know about corporate America today.
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vorpalmusic
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07:27 PM on 03/29/2010
It might tell you more about the applicant. After all, those corporations are presumably paying most of the other people in the building...
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olddognewtrick
Half full or half empty...It's the same
102 Fans
08:38 PM on 03/29/2010
I'm sure she got a lot of offers along the way..
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sdiaz
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02:21 PM on 03/29/2010
who wouldn't want free labor?
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Brian Murphy
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01:51 PM on 03/29/2010
She must have quite the trust fund.
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Crass Innuendo
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12:52 PM on 03/29/2010
The article won't load for me for some reason, but the headline here says to me, "Goes from one failure to another."

CEO material, ladies 'n gents!
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vorpalmusic
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07:29 PM on 03/29/2010
You'd think at least she would not advertise the fact that she's been at 15 different jobs in two years or whatever it was. It certainly makes one wonder how it happened.

And if it were common, she wouldn't be the "Queen" so she's basically saying that no one else is experiencing this problem outright.
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andycan
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12:14 PM on 03/29/2010
She is so cute, did she also have an internship in a dating service?
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