Applying for internship and potentially declining?

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PreVetGator

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Hi!

I am a current 4th year at cornell and am contemplating doing a rotating internship after graduation, or due to some personal circumstances that make it a bit difficult to move away from my current location, I may decide to work a year near cornell and then do an internship the following year. My question is regarding matching into an internship and then declining it. Would I then be blacklisted from all internship programs moving forward? I understand I may not get accepted into that specific internship the following year, but would the option still be available for other programs?
 
Hi!

I am a current 4th year at cornell and am contemplating doing a rotating internship after graduation, or due to some personal circumstances that make it a bit difficult to move away from my current location, I may decide to work a year near cornell and then do an internship the following year. My question is regarding matching into an internship and then declining it. Would I then be blacklisted from all internship programs moving forward? I understand I may not get accepted into that specific internship the following year, but would the option still be available for other programs?
If you match to a program and decline the spot, you are barred from applying to any program in the match for 3 years, outside of extreme extenuating circumstances