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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DS is at brown and says it’s practically useless if you aren’t interested in consulting. Every time he’s gone to the career office, they’ve obsessed over finance and given him little prep towards a career in his interests (environmental science, sustainability), so he’s stopped going.[/quote]

Professors and department gatherings are helpful, etc. Is he a first year?

DS is also at Brown and has had positive experience with the Career Office. Keep in mind that Brown is a target school for recruiting and to be blunt it sounds like your kid might not be in the loop on this fact. Things start very early vs. when we were in college. 1. He should use Brown Connect to set up meetings with alums, mostly informational but a lot of good leads come from it; 2. By middle of his first year, he should have a well designed LinkedIn page and have Career Office provide feedback on it; 3. Going into sophomore year, know all the deadlines for on campus recruiting for sophomore summer and UTRA programs and then apply to those of interest; 4. Middle of sophomore year, there are a slew of on-campus company visits for summer before senior year (yes 1 1/2 years out)—have your kid get the weekly schedule of these; 5. Many kids get personal “invites” via email to apply for junior summer internships—apply to those and expect interviews to occur between February to May of sophomore year with offers coming BEFORE junior year for the summer after junior year; 6. TBH it’s tricky once one gets behind on these deadlines and it sounds like your DS needs to connect with another Brown student a year ahead of him. Most of the application action happens during sophomore year for sophomore summer AND junior summer; 7. For junior summer, DS got about 20 or so “invites to interview” and made it to several super days with a couple of offers. Keep in mind, he applied to over 150 places. The yield on on-campus recruiting vs “cold applying” is much higher because Brown is a target school for many firms. Bottom line is he has a great internship for next summer in NYC, but it’s because he stayed on top of things and hustled to get it. Career Office resources are really good. Urge your son to take advantage of them. [/quote]

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