IBM internships: If there is one word that could be used to sum up <A HREF="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,2166148,00.asp?kc=EWRSS03119TX1K0000594">summer internships at IBM,</A> it would be "competitive." For some, this is a dream-come-true, for others it is just draining. Just ask Kenneth Bratland, a three-time IBM intern.

"When working at [my second IBM internship] there was a little bit more competition amongst interns. This may have been at least partially because it was a more high-profile summer internship at a leading industrial research lab. I was also there among a larger group of students, many of whom were interested in the possibility of full-time employment with IBM after graduation," said Bratland.