It’s that time of year—leaves are crunching, turkey prices have skyrocketed, and someone in your neighborhood’s putting up their holiday decorations way too early. Summer is probably the furthest thing from your mind, but it shouldn’t be! Right now—yes, now—is when all those big corporate companies have their deadlines for summer internships. I hope your CV is nice and shiny.

Despite how many interns these places can take (and they take a lot—Seattle had to expand its public transportation system last year to accommodate all of Amazon’s interns), competition is stiff. Companies like Google, Bank of America, and Facebook are extremely selective with their summer hires. Still, apply! I’m not telling you not to follow your dreams, apply wherever you’d like. But you should also temper your expectations. Anxiety goes with application season like pumpkin spice goes with lattes (and candles and even Pop-Tarts, this year). I usually found myself catastrophizing to the tune of: But if I don’t get into any of the places I applied to then it’ll be too late to apply to anywhere else by the time I hear back and then I’ll have to get a summer job on a shrimp boat and because it’s my only work experience I’ll be the only shrimp boat captain with a Master’s degree.

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