The Borgen Project Reviews

After raising over $1,000 and lobbying two members of Congress, I still found it extremely difficult to take away a reference or letter of recommendation from my program. I repeatedly requested a phone number or a letter to legitimize the program to future employers, but was met with near silence. The program takes advantage of interns by forcing them to reach out to family and friends for money, while not reciprocating their appreciation through a reasonable reference. Additionally, the weekly goals are ambiguous and often have little impact.

They will literally hire anyone. If you have a pulse you will get hired. The only thing they want is for more people to spread the word for them, they're not actually interested in your individual work. The tasks are extremely uninteresting and you're working for no pay. They basically just hire thousands of intern-thirsty students around the country to all do the same tasks and the only thing you get out of it is an internship on your resume that nobody knows about