Your living arrangements, during your Internship Year, will combine the best of both worlds. You'll be on your own, perhaps for the first time in your life. You'll have to make decisions for yourself everyday, but you won't have total responsibility for keeping a household going.

In this bridge year between home and the outside world, you'll share an apartment with two to four other interns. (Men and women live in separate apartments in co-educational buildings.)

You'll be responsible for the cooking, cleaning, and otherwise expected to do your fair share. But you'll also be given the freedom to structure your own time.

Your biggest hurdle, at least at first, may be discovering how to grocery shop and prepare meals for yourself and/or the group. You'll be living on a tight budget so you'll be forced to pick up new tricks for eating well on less money than you may be used to. Equally important will be learning to work with your roommates to create a living environment that meets your varied needs. It's all part of learning to take care of yourself and the people around you without someone always telling you what to do.

But there's a safety net during your Internship Year that you wouldn't have if you were completely on your own. A resident manager and a Dynamy staff member are assigned to each apartment building. They're on hand to coach you on real life chores like getting around Worcester, arranging for a telephone to be installed, opening a bank account, or living with other people.

In all, apartment living provides a natural and relaxed environment for sharing the Internship Year.