My internship is unpaid, I’m doing it alongside a fully remote full-time job in political consulting. I’m hoping it will give me a leg up come time to find a full-time role once I graduate.

The work environment is good and coworkers are all super amazing individuals. But yeah, as a few folks have pointed out it’s an insanely competitive sector on top of the fact many entry opportunities are volunteer/unpaid in nature. Not saying it’s a good thing, but it’s the status quo.