Many college students can’t afford to spend the summer unemployed, so they carve up the week into days of paid and unpaid work.

The Boston Globe reports.

Want a summer internship in politics? Get a job first.

With graduation on the horizon, Leah Goldman knew how she would spend the last summer of her college career: interning.

But she also knew something else: The likelihood of getting paid for her internship was slim to none, so she had to get a real job, too.

“It’s just kind of become the norm,” said the Brandeis University student, who works two days a week as an unpaid intern in state Senate President Stanley C. Rosenberg’s office and four days a week as a barista at Flour Bakery and Cafe in Cambridge.