Applying to summer internships has now become a crucial part in every Junior’s life. Without that sparkling and perfect summer internship, many college students fear that finding a job post-graduation will become nearly impossible. While we are not only struggling to make good grades, stay involved, and not cry ourselves to sleep, we now also need to worry about applying to 2,497,395 internships. It is as if the fun never stops. Although applying to internships is an important part of growing up and attempting to become an adult, here’s my it really sucks.

1. Sending in an application and never getting a response.

2. And when you do get a response, it’s about five weeks later.

3. When the company makes you write out all of your work experience and involvements and then asks you to attach a resume, as if all of the above wasn’t already in your resume.

4. Figuring out how to BS your way through a cover letter.

5. Searching for the internships in general.

6. The fear of applying to an internship that is a long shot.

7. Your mom doesn’t understand why not getting an internship is a huge deal.

8. Going to send in your application only to realize the deadline was three days ago.

9. Figuring out how you can embellish that completely useless involvement or position you had freshman year in order to make yourself sound appealing to future employers.

10. Thinking about all of the other people applying to that same position and feeling incredibly small.

11. The job listing sights that make you sign up and then blast you with emails.

12. Realizing that you have no idea what you want to do with your life, and yet here you are applying for your future.

13. Being rejected.

14. Cringing when it says the internships is “unpaid.”

15. Knowing that the internship of your dreams might end up with you being a barista.

16. Feeling like your application ended up lost in space somewhere.

17. Understanding that you are now old and have to grow up.