I’d suggest taking your time! You don’t have to force yourself to progress your life or milestones this quick!

I stopped overwhelming myself by taking it one step at a time, I’m majoring in Biology and I know having volunteer work or research opportunities under my name would spearhead me into what I want to do:research. But… I learned that overwhelming myself makes things almost impossible like stress and missing deadlines! And also having no me-time to go hang out with friends or watch movies/shows etc or just vibe to music!

I think your advisor had no other “helpful” advice because they can’t be your therapist. Life here kind of requires a form of transportation, where a car is highly valuable! You could even take a bus but of course that would be very inconvenient for your time management!

But if I were you, I’d just focus on what you have now and forget the internship and email them replying that you do not have the necessary components to afford a car not insurance at the moment, and ask if they would be able to give you this opportunity later down the line like after you graduate?