Persistence

Persistence pays off. Supposedly.


After recently receiving rejection notices to environmental internships in California, Isle Royal, Florida National Sea Base, and about ten others that I tried to apply for but was not even considered, I have decided that a new approach is necessary. My latest strategy is simple enough: be persistent.

Somewhere, hundreds of miles away is a park ranger sifting through piles of applications from teenagers who want to work for him. He or she hardly knows the applications other than what it says on their piece of paper. In order to make my paper more personable to them, I decided to call and ask about my application process. In the case of the Hawaii Hawksbill Sea Turtle project, I just got a voice mail. Undeterred, I called again the next day, and the next, and the next....finally, on the 18th try, I decided to have someone else try and call them. Success!

I was able to put a face to that piece of paper in some park ranger's hand somewhere and let them know how badly I wanted that internship. By April 15th I will know whether or not my two remaining applications (Hawksbill Sea Turtle Project in Hawaii and Missouri National Park services) have come to fruition. I'm hoping for the best as always and expecting the least as usual.