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You should have your Letter of Intent critiqued by a Career Advisor
as well. A sample Letter of Intent is included
below as a guide for format and content.
Your Letter of Intent will have two purposes. First, it will be submitted with your application
packet for acceptance to the UCDC program. Second, it will be
sent by you, along with your resume, reference letters, and transcript
to potential internship organization. Direct your letter not to
a professor, but to an individual with whom, or in whose organization or
agency, you hope to work.
When writing your letter for
acceptance to the program, address it generally to the
Internship Coordinator and state a general interest in a particular
career field. When applying for internships address the letter
to a specific person such as the Internship
Coordinator for that organization. Prepare separate letters for
multiple career fields and write
about why you wish to intern for that organization in particular.
Key Points to cover in your letter:
- What career field you are interested
in
- Address why you want to
live and work in Washington D.C. and why you're interested in working
with that organization.
- Talk about your personal
strengths and skills related to the internship field
- Include skills,
talents, work and life experience, languages, computer, organizational
skills
- Conclude with how you think your
career and academic goals will be supported by the experience of the
internship.
Remember this letter often serves
as your writing sample. Potential "employers" have neither
the time nor the desire to read longer works. Be sure that your letter
is well-written, edited and approximately 500 words long (one to one
and a half pages in length.)
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