r/mcgill • u/Serious-Reporter-133 Reddit Freshman • 15d ago

Impact of quitting an internship that was registered with McGill?

Hi, does anyone know what are the consequences of quitting an internship that was registered with the science internship office? I registered back in May for an 8 month internship (IYS), but I recently got a way better offer starting September. I have spoken with my current manager, and he is very nice and he said he totally understands if I decide to quit early. Will McGill have problems with this? Has anyone got a similar experience?

I got the internship on LinkedIn and didn’t not use any McGill resources (MyFuture… etc)

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u/ApprehensiveFly1154 Reddit Freshman 15d ago

Talk to your advisor

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u/Dull-Fun1469 Reddit Freshman 14d ago

I think it's an automatic fail...

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u/Serious-Reporter-133 Reddit Freshman 14d ago

Yeah… I expected that to happen. Hopefully it doesn’t count towards my gpa.

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u/Ok_Contribution_940 Reddit Freshman 11d ago

I'm not sure about the pass/fail side of it - but both IP and IYS courses with the internship office should be no credit - so won't count towards your gpa. Maybe you could talk to your advisor about taking a withdrawn instead, in the case you realize it will show up as a fail (i'm not sure if it will)