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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DD attends a top 10 university and is a [b]math/cs double major[/b]. Recently I sat down and asked her about how she’s doing in her internship search, since we never talked about it during the year. She explains that she’s been doing pretty poorly so I tell her to go to the career center; to which, she complains is useless and isn’t helpful. When we toured this school, we were stoked for its career offerings in specific which were highlighted by our guides (both when we first visited and during admitted students week). Apparently the career treks are super competitive and only take 30 students, the advising often comes from students not career counselors (!!!) and students are doing the heavy lifting for everything! This is shocking to me, does anyone else’s college act like this?![/quote]
Current sophomore CS major at UMD sent out 190 resumes/applications from August-October 2024 to get ONE interview and job offer for summer of 2025.  Not sure what they promised, but it would appear you have to be early and persistent. [/quote]
Yep, the application world is insane right now. Currently, summer 2026 internships are already being posted and interviews being filled. Most students start too late[/quote]

My son is a sophomore accounting student and I really hope he has the ambition and drive to apply soon for internships. [/quote]

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