2024 grads- job placement

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DC is doing a fellowship for a prominent boarding school, hoping to become a Chemistry or History teacher for the upper school (has degrees in both). Graduated from a t20 and is ecstatic

[Anonymous]

No job as a Computer Science and Philosophy double major with 2 previous internships from CMU. Very very disappointing.

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Anonymous wrote:No job as a Computer Science and Philosophy double major with 2 previous internships from CMU. Very very disappointing.

What were the internships? I would think there would be a number of AI opportunities coming out of CMU.

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Anonymous wrote:No job as a Computer Science and Philosophy double major with 2 previous internships from CMU. Very very disappointing.

what was their focus in CS? ML? AI? general CS?

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Anonymous wrote:No job as a Computer Science and Philosophy double major with 2 previous internships from CMU. Very very disappointing.

what was their focus in CS? ML? AI? general CS?

Just asked DC and he responded "Natural Language Processing" which is what he did research on. He worked for a big tech place junior year, but I don't really understand the convoluted situation he tried describing as to why he wasn't hired. Also worked in a therapeutics firm as some type of developer. Not great at explaining the CS nuances, clearly lol

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Anonymous wrote:Anything besides CS??

+ 1. Anyone’s child getting into accounting or finance?

DC was a CS major but had a few accounting major friends at USC. They're all employed fine in LA. Finance friends are struggling a lot more with competitive industries.

My son graduated from UMD BS/MS accounting 3.8GPA, will be working B4(PWC). He applied to one internship, interned, received an offer and was done.

My younger child rising senior, interned at apl lab in Laurel, Maryland (Mech E) is hoping for a return offer.

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Anonymous wrote:Anything besides CS??

+ 1. Anyone’s child getting into accounting or finance?

DC was a CS major but had a few accounting major friends at USC. They're all employed fine in LA. Finance friends are struggling a lot more with competitive industries.

My son graduated from UMD BS/MS accounting 3.8GPA, will be working B4(PWC). He applied to one internship, interned, received an offer and was done.

My younger child rising senior, interned at apl lab in Laurel, Maryland (Mech E) is hoping for a return offer.

That’s great. Did your son do the 5 year BS/MS accounting program? My son is thinking of taking that path in his state university.

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Anonymous wrote:No job as a Computer Science and Philosophy double major with 2 previous internships from CMU. Very very disappointing.

what was their focus in CS? ML? AI? general CS?

Just asked DC and he responded "Natural Language Processing" which is what he did research on. He worked for a big tech place junior year, but I don't really understand the convoluted situation he tried describing as to why he wasn't hired. Also worked in a therapeutics firm as some type of developer. Not great at explaining the CS nuances, clearly lol

sorry to hear. has he reached out to any of the 3 letter government agencies or defense contractors?

[Anonymous]

Elections have consequences. I remind my college student of this.

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Anonymous wrote:Anything besides CS??

+ 1. Anyone’s child getting into accounting or finance?

DC was a CS major but had a few accounting major friends at USC. They're all employed fine in LA. Finance friends are struggling a lot more with competitive industries.

My son graduated from UMD BS/MS accounting 3.8GPA, will be working B4(PWC). He applied to one internship, interned, received an offer and was done.

My younger child rising senior, interned at apl lab in Laurel, Maryland (Mech E) is hoping for a return offer.

That’s great. Did your son do the 5 year BS/MS accounting program? My son is thinking of taking that path in his state university.

He completed both degrees in 4 years- he entered UMD with over 40 AP
Credits. Most of his peers will be done in 4.5 years. It is not that hard.

[Anonymous]

Someone in my family JUST landed a job, 15 months after graduating ! His field was flooded with laid off competition, so I am proud of him. His network came through in the end.

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Anonymous wrote:No job as a Computer Science and Philosophy double major with 2 previous internships from CMU. Very very disappointing.

Hang in there. Great school and tremendous dual-majors. Something will break soon. Were his internship employers not hiring?

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Anonymous wrote:Did these kids without jobs not have internships? Can you help with your network?

I’ve already reminded my incoming college freshman that he needs to start networking as soon as he gets on campus and hit the ground running for an internship for next summer.

Your kid doesn’t need an internship after freshman year. But should get involved with clubs that relate to their major.

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Anonymous wrote:DS just graduated from Uchicago in CS and Econ, currently looking for work and failing.

We went to the summer open house at Chicago last Friday and the admissions director said that 99% of the class was employed or matriculating to graduate school AT GRADUATION this year.
The admissions director reiterated this several times "not 6 months following graduation, AT graduation, 99% of our graduating seniors knew what they are doing this coming fall."

Is this not truthful?

Yes this is a lie. That is way too high!

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