Rising Juniors/Seniors: Have They Secured Summer Internships or Are They Still Looking?

[Anonymous]

Doesn’t matter if you get rejected at 100 places when you get accepted at the 101th

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Riding senior CS major with internship lined up since end of October last year. This will be his 3rd internship in college.

At his school, most kids in the STEM majors begin their search process in August. With most offered landing in October/Nov. Bt December almost all of his close friends have landed somewhere. A lot of the companies even send out Xmas gift packages during the holiday season.

My son will begin his full time job search in the summer, prepping for interviews, practicing code tests and getting his resume updated. The resume drops will probably begin mid to end of August.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You need a plan B if the kid hasn’t secured anything yet. School is over in 5 weeks. Some internships begin in 7 weeks. Lifeguard, Camp Counselor, etc. Make a better plan for next year and START LOOKING in SEPTEMBER!

+1. If no formal internship then get a job plus do some unpaid work in the area of major that will build the resume and help land an internship for next summer. Take a class, get excel certified, practice a language, write an article, help out at a nonprofit etc.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Riding senior CS major with internship lined up since end of October last year. This will be his 3rd internship in college.

At his school, most kids in the STEM majors begin their search process in August. With most offered landing in October/Nov. Bt December almost all of his close friends have landed somewhere. A lot of the companies even send out Xmas gift packages during the holiday season.

My son will begin his full time job search in the summer, prepping for interviews, practicing code tests and getting his resume updated. The resume drops will probably begin mid to end of August.

Is this Summer’s internship not one that naturally leads to a FT offer?

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Anonymous wrote:Riding senior CS major with internship lined up since end of October last year. This will be his 3rd internship in college.

At his school, most kids in the STEM majors begin their search process in August. With most offered landing in October/Nov. Bt December almost all of his close friends have landed somewhere. A lot of the companies even send out Xmas gift packages during the holiday season.

My son will begin his full time job search in the summer, prepping for interviews, practicing code tests and getting his resume updated. The resume drops will probably begin mid to end of August.

Is this Summer’s internship not one that naturally leads to a FT offer?

Typically yes. But last summer some companies didn’t give out return FT offers. One of his friends who was a junior last summer (from a different school) received a return internship offer but not a FT offer. DS wants to make sure he has options in the event the market turns south. Never hurts to be prepared.

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Anonymous wrote:My rising senior has paid internship in NYC at a PR firm. Pay isn’t great (maybe $20 hour?) but it is a formal program and the expectation is that you will get a job offer for after graduation.

This is fine pay. She’s a college student. Obviously a PR internship is going to pay the same as other industries and that’s okay. When she converts to full time, I would expect her salary to be at least $70k to $80k a year.

[Anonymous]

My current junior finance major kid has an internship lined up for this summer here in the DMV. Pay is $25/hour with flexible WFH/in office for the summer. Hoping it will lead to a FT offer.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You need a plan B if the kid hasn’t secured anything yet. School is over in 5 weeks. Some internships begin in 7 weeks. Lifeguard, Camp Counselor, etc. Make a better plan for next year and START LOOKING in SEPTEMBER!

It’s looking like a combination of a part time internship (200 hours) which the school is funding + a job as a camp counselor.

I don’t think this is an awful outcome. He will continue to search for a full time internship between now and the end of May and see if anything comes to fruition. Regardless, happy he is getting some internship experience this summer.

[Anonymous]

Current Freshman at HYPSM secured an 8 week ($20/hr) summer internship as a data analyst. Applied in January and received response in April. DC extremely thankful to have this opportunity. Many friends at school have yet to find an internship but are still looking.

Anonymous wrote:I know it's sort of off topic, but have any of your current Freshman had luck with their internship searches? DS started in December and has been unable to secure anything yet. It's tough out there!

[Anonymous]

For those saying students have to start applying in the fall -- that is not necessarily true. I do hear of kids in engineering and computer science starting to look in the fall, but in other areas, e.g., public policy, the process is in the spring. The internships my DC was applying for had application deadlines in mid-March (and he was successful, fwiw).

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Have any students been unable to secure a summer internship? If so, what are next steps?

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Anonymous wrote:For those saying students have to start applying in the fall -- that is not necessarily true. I do hear of kids in engineering and computer science starting to look in the fall, but in other areas, e.g., public policy, the process is in the spring. The internships my DC was applying for had application deadlines in mid-March (and he was successful, fwiw).

This is true, in the fall best places we’re looking for spring interns.
Both my kids got offers in march.

[Anonymous]

My rising Junior did bc he is a nepo baby. Lots of his friends got them through connections not mass applying. I think it is harder that way for juniors vs seniors.

[Anonymous]

My rising junior didn't apply for any. I'm sure it will be fine.

[Anonymous]

My rising sophomore already applied for next summer. He applied for his current internship last summer. So yeah, one year ahead of time.