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名校大学生五大实习秘诀 　　For many college students， landing1） a coveted internship is a feat. But making the most of the internship is the real accomplishment. 　　Let’s be real. Free food galore2）， tantalizing perks3） and pay were definitely touted， but many students say these benefits are not the keys to a great internship. 　　So what’s the secret？ We got the skinny4） from interns who say it’s all in what you make of it. Here are five must-dos for a dynamite5） internship： 　　Don’t get caught up in money 　　Caitlin Beck， a rising senior at Fordham University， interned with MTV News―for no pay―this past spring. She’s working now as a restaurant hostess to save money for the school year. She says writing for the MTV News RapFix blog and coordinating guest segments in the “TRL6）” studio outweighed the pay issue. “It never really made me mad because I loved it，” she says. “When you’re working somewhere like that， it validates you， so you almost can’t get mad at them.” Beck received some financial assistance， including reimbursement7） for transportation， from Fordham to make her internship possible. 　　When students are interning with start-ups or small companies， sometimes the employer just can’t afford to pay extra hands8）. 　　Hilda Adenjii， now a campus coordinator at Pace University， interned with event planning group DBD Social last summer. She was unpaid， but her employer covered all project expenses. When DBD Social merged with another company in the fall， they had the money to pay―and they hired Adenjii back as a paid intern. 　　“Internships have become the new entry level，” says Lou Gaglini， associate director for employer relations and recruiting at Boston College Career Center. “Employers like to know you can hit the ground running9）.” 　　Embrace program structure 　　No student relishes the stereotypical picture of “intern busy work”： sorting files， entering data―feel free to insert your most dreaded office task here. 　　In a structured internship program， there’s considerably le