Regretting my choice - Placement year vs Summer Internship?

I started my engineering placement that I applied to in June last week. I have not settled in well as I have quite severe anxiety amongst other reasons. Although it is an engineering placement and the skills I learn will be relevant to my degree and future work, it is not in the field I wish to enter. However, I applied to a summer internship in the field that I want to enter back in March, however they have only just gotten back to be giving me the role.

I am massively regretting taking the placement year role but I just did what was best at the time. However, I would still benefit from the placement year and graduate with my peers which is important to me. In addition, I couldn't guarantee that I would get another placement after the summer internship which means I would go back to uni.

I also have to add, it is very hard to get a summer internship in this field and I used a really good presentation that I could not use again so I would not be able to guarantee I would get it again.

Very unsure of what to do.

(edited 11 months ago)

Reply 1

Caitxo

Take the position more in line with your career goals. Sounds like you applied to the placement last week, and got it within a week? if its that easy you should just reapply after you graduate.

I'd do the summer internship and keep applying for any placements that have intake for after september.