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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]They need to talk to professors. Ivy/T20 has all the resources they need if they use them. 
It is early, just need to start trying different things. That starts with meeting with professors.[/quote]

I have a college sophomore at one of the “undergraduate-focused” Ivies and the faculty in his department have been amazing, as well as older students for setting him up. He did a semester abroad with a work internship as well as classes and will be in Europe the whole of the summer on another funded opportunity that a professor in his department told him to apply for in February. It is a selection outside of the university, but the university department will fund all expenses for him.

My kid does talk a lot, gets involved and those relationships are invaluable!

I have a rising college freshmen who doesn’t put himself out there at all so I’m working on teaching him the importance of going to office hours, contributing in class, etc to make those connections.

A lot is the size of courses too. My college sophomore has really small class sizes so gets to know them well and attends all speaker events the department hosts. [/quote]

+++ yes, agree, true from an ivy that DCUM thinks is grad-student focused. Yet almost every important connection they and peers have made has started with a professor. Some peers have gotten opportunities from department coordinators who say they get emailed all the time with application opportunities to pass on to students. The small classes are a huge bonus too. [/quote]

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