Question

If you are going to participate in an unpaid internship that will be providing you with a stipend for transportation and a meal allowance then you do not have to apply for CPT or pre-completion OPT.I suggest that you have the company write you a letter stating when the internship begins and ends and the amount of money that you are granted for transportation and a meal allowance which should be reasonably around $15 to $20 per day. Please keep this letter as proof of the internship being truly an unpaid internship.这个是学校和我说的

Answer 1

请先参考下 http://t.cn/R2kf1qn， 然后再去和学校argue。邮件是说如果您在校外从事的是没paid的工作就没有必要开通CPT，不是“学校说$500足以构成工资。所以是可以不用CPT的”学校建议很合理，您可以去和公司协商。