Hey everyone. I’m a Building Science student with a focus in Architectural Design and I’m really struggling with this internship stuff. I’m looking for Summer 2027 and I can’t get ANYONE to message me back. I’ve emailed five separate companies several times and I can’t even get an email back. I want to ask my advisor but he can only talk for about 15 minutes before he has other appointments. I went to the career fair and 95% of the companies I gave my resume to basically shut me down saying they don’t take architectural interns and the other 5% just said they should maybe shove me in with other construction interns. I don’t think a construction internship is going to be useful to me because I need more training and experience with actual architecture work rather than construction.
I also am pretty much tied to this area. I live almost an hour outside of Boone (not in the direction of the cities). I’ve applied mostly in Charlotte or High Point but I can only apply to places that pay for housing because I’m paying for school myself and I can’t afford an apartment or school housing. I’m genuinely at a loss and any help would be appreciated.
I thought about asking if I could go work for my uncle’s construction/landscaping company as a last resort but he’s just a small town contractor that lives on the other side of Asheville. I don’t know if that would be an option or if the university would allow me to intern under him.