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Intern-paid internship

Is it typical for an intern to pay for his/her own internship?

E.g. 40-hour internship at $100-$200 per day paid by the intern to the sponsoring practice.

Just wondering.

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Permalink Reply by Gordon J. Wallis on September 30, 2014 at 8:23pm

To get my Hawaii State Massage License( 30 years ago), I had to serve an apprenticeship for several weeks before being qualified to take the state license exam. And I had to pay the business that apprenticed me.

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Permalink Reply by Maryshka on October 1, 2014 at 3:41pm

Thanks Gordon. Appreciate the reply.

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Permalink Reply by Neal Lyons on February 1, 2015 at 2:26pm

no, it's the other way around. practices pay interns for their work, or not pay them, but it is unusual to pay to work. this is different from an apprenticeship. semantics perhaps for some, but there is a crucial difference between the two.