This Is Very Specific: Does your sophomore in STEM at a T+15 have an internship for the summer?

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(Global) Companies are for profits. They are not charity.

Same w the higher education in the US.

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Anonymous wrote:Which specific major?

Deciding between electrical and mechanical engineering.

Not sure what you can do with an EE bachelor degree. The typical path is to get a PhD in EE. I would suggest looking for research opportunities.

Really? Not OP, but my kid wants to do EE, and I’ve never heard this before.

Because it is wrong.

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no major yet - probably history - from Yale. has internship at VC via roommate's dad.

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My current sophomore does have an internship but it was through a connection of mine. Wasn't finding anything until then.

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Anonymous wrote:It's a pretty bad year across the board, because the economy sucks and trump is decimating research funding. I think if they're an engineering/CS major, it is pretty concerning to not have an internship right now. Pretty much all of DS's friends in physics are just now getting offers for research or have another month to wait (this is for rising seniors too!). As a sophomore, it is a good idea to just do research anyway- research often is applicable to industry projects, gets something down on the resume, and the experience will be very important if they are at all interested in graduate school.

Jesus Christ.

This is the reality. Trump has killed a lot of opportunities. Sorry it’s hard for you to hear.

Nah… entry-level jobs just aren’t worth the money anymore. Companies are outsourcing them or replacing them with AI—it’s a fact. There’s no need to drag politics into it; it doesn’t matter who the president is.

Are you in the DMV? I am The reality is that the economy in our area is not doing well. I know multiple adults who are jobless (most after leaving the federal govt). I know this because they have asked for my help with leads and I see their linked in posts to that effect. All of the upheaval also had a very destabilizing effect on govt contractors too. Multiple internships last year were rescinded.

So yes, I'm sorry it's hard for you to hear, but politics affects policy which affects real people, including college kids looking for internships.

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My rising junior got a research (in field related to major) internship, no nepotism, knows no one. 1400 applicants for 14 spots. App included essays + 2 interviews. Give 5 days to accept offer which came about 7-8 weeks after the interviews.

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Not an internship but an REU.

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Anonymous wrote:The market for entry level jobs is shifting so fast that most kids are going to have a very difficult time landing anything, internships or permanent jobs post graduation. If you sit in on some of the investor calls at the Fortune 100s, most have publicly said they're reevaluating the hiring and retention plans given the shifting landscape in AI. If you have connections, use it. Otherwise, all kids should think really creatively for what happens post graduation. Start planning now, even as a sophomore. Don't assume the Ivy/Ivy+ degrees automatically confirm employment status ... not in this sort of changing landscape.

This is the part I don’t understand. Some people keep bragging about the benefits of Ivy brands, but what I’ve heard tells a different story. It seems that those who are already well connected will do well wherever they go, including SLAC.

The benefits of the Ivy title or top school title is access to really good education, resources, and research. Our kid was in a top biochem lab and that position as a RA got him a job almost immediately in pharma. It’s more about what you choose to do and how personable you are tha 100% school choice.

What you described is also available at several state flagship universities with good reputations. It isn’t exclusive to the Ivy.

It’s just more accessible at an Ivy. I’m don’t particularly care that people can find a personal connection with profs in a lecture hall of 500 students.

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Anonymous wrote:DC’s ivy almost everyone has an engineering or physics internship lined up, and most non-stem students do as well. spring of sophomore year. About half did some sort of stem research or job after freshman year. DC has good friends at ivy+ and stem and non stem have career-related positions secured.

You mean physics research? Physics “internship” is not really a thing

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Anonymous wrote:My rising junior got a research (in field related to major) internship, no nepotism, knows no one. 1400 applicants for 14 spots. App included essays + 2 interviews. Give 5 days to accept offer which came about 7-8 weeks after the interviews.

This is actually better than normal. Ours is a rising senior who just got into a physics REU- 3000 applications, 4 spots, applied back in September, app due in October. They sent him the acceptance two weeks ago and gave him 3 days to decide. Half of his programs still haven’t come out yet.

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My stem T50 (non ivy) civil engineer has an internship lined up with a construction management company. No connections- from the fall job fair. Many classmates also have internships

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Anonymous wrote:My stem T50 (non ivy) civil engineer has an internship lined up with a construction management company. No connections- from the fall job fair. Many classmates also have internships

and how may don’t? Seems like confirmation bias.

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Anonymous wrote:My rising junior got a research (in field related to major) internship, no nepotism, knows no one. 1400 applicants for 14 spots. App included essays + 2 interviews. Give 5 days to accept offer which came about 7-8 weeks after the interviews.

This is actually better than normal. Ours is a rising senior who just got into a physics REU- 3000 applications, 4 spots, applied back in September, app due in October. They sent him the acceptance two weeks ago and gave him 3 days to decide. Half of his programs still haven’t come out yet.

+1, physics in general is a tough degree to get an internship with

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T20 public school DS is a chemical engineering rising junior with an internship this summer at a well-known chemical plant. He had 2 offers. Applied at a dozen companies. Second round interviews at 4 other companies. He had an internship as a rising sophomore and that experience made him more marketable for the one this summer.

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I would separate engineering from the sciences. They are very different markets. Biology and Physics are getting decimated right now.