aw man,...I thought this was going to be a thread about Architecture and Time.

how do you describe experience that hasn't happen yet?
how would that help your resume exactly when you got nothing to back it up yet?

experience implies: of the the past. if any one reviewing your resume they will either think this guys is desperate and questionable, or why do i want to hire a guy who is gonna be leaving in 6 months?

don't think it helps at all.

I get that angle...makes complete since

in my perfect world, my interpretation or angle is...

I have past experience, I also have a lock on a future internship that would end right before I would begin at the office I'm applying to.

I guess its a way of informing them of what I would be doing up until working for them.

eh I dunno, I have no precedent for doing this, which may be my biggest hint.
it was worth a shot...

If you want to inform them of what you would be doing up until working for them, then the time to do that is in your interview. Who knows, your "locked" internship may be rescinded. Your great-aunt might take sick and you will be obliged to ditch your internship to care for her. Do not report hypothetical experience on your resume, unless you want to be a liar. Very bad idea.

List it, but with the dates state "Projected". Then explain it in the interview.

Artists usually have exhibitions lined up years in advance; they list these items with the projected dates. It's understood that things can change, but there is a serious intention that it will happen.

I have an "experience" part of my resume, then I have another part that is more like awards and accomplishments - maybe you should put it in your awards and accomplishments section? and what lb said, too.

I suppose this falls under the same category of research and papers that have yet to be published.

Legally and ethically, an applicant is under no obligation to prove they have done this research or written these papers. And by obligation and proof, I mean actually showing an interested party your work be it raw data or charts or the actual paper.

So, I'd assume a tentative paper or a tentative internship could be one of the same. That is to either mention them separate from your resume, in a cover letter or in the interview.

Or to mention in your cover letter and your resume that you have attached a page of tentative, ongoing or in progress crap.

LB beat me to it once again!

don't forget to list your pritzker prize and your macarthur genius grant

I'm also very concerned about this whole 2012 thing - can you tell us how it ends?

are you the boy from "back to the future"?

it's the end of the decade, how coming nobody is talking about 'partying like it's 2009'?

i would think most of are ready to kiss off the 00's

God yes I'm ready for the 00s to end.

awkey, do keep in mind that if a future event like your internship is listed on your resume, the interviewing firm is likely to call the firm and ask if this is true. That's how artists can list future events: they've already got a contract with a gallery or museum to fill the space in the future date. So if the internship is a "lock" in your mind only, probably safer not to mention it. But if it's something the firm has committed to, and would say so, with the slight caveat that no one can see the future, should the interviewing firm call, then go for it.