It was at Carindale , I went there so much so many of the girls knew me by name ! She was from another store and just horrible . Honestly reminded me of some of the Mac girls <| sep |> I am from EU itself . Probably should have specified . Sorry . The questions are pretty much outlined above . Given the experience I have , what else can I do right now and in the following months before graduating that would help me get into a decent PhD program ? Or to put it differently , if you wereare a prof what other qualities would the student have to demonstrate for you to consider accepting them despite the fact that they haven ' t done that much in the past ? The second question regarding the internship do profs accept interns who have completed their degree i . e . are technically not students anymore and are now waiting to start their PhD ?