What can you expect.... Expect the world. (Score 1)

Your expectations of what you will get out of your intern will be directly proportional to what you receive. If you go in with the expectation you will be fetching coffee, others will see that and will ask you to fetch coffee. If you expect to be given projects, and show that you are eager and able to perform them, they will give you projects. My college required 3 co-ops for my degree. My first was with a small start up working with really interesting technology (Virtual Reality) that essentially went bankrupt before the end of the co-op. The second was at a fortune 500 company and I was able to parlay that into the third co-op in the IT department of the same company. I was able to parlay that co-op into a part time internship when classes resumed, and that in turn to a full time job while I was in school. IT is in many ways unlike most jobs as your are assigned tasks based on your aptitude and eagerness rather than your seniority or title. Go in with the attitude that you are a valuable asset, and it is only a matter of time before you prove that to everyone. If you do that the Intern will be the most important thing you have done in your educational process.