hands on eperience, making professional connections, creative control of design and manufacturing process (material choice, digital vs manual manufacturing methods)
What I wish was different
emphasis on securing similar opportunities such as another internship another project involvement another competition outsourcing extracurricular activities
Advice
Encourage all students to get involved in extracurricular activites whether it be a competition, internship, project, club, or personal project at home, it all counts as experience and is valid and valuable.