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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The nonprofit establishment is pretty extreme, but internship/research acquisition help is normal if the parents have the connections and this continues during and after college. In fact at one of my dc's college orientations they told the parents to be ready to use their network to help their kids.[/quote]

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We are not connected and my kid has to apply to 200+ positions to even get an internship in HS and in college.  He has been interning from end of freshman year in college, but, regardless of his record and credentials...being unhooked,  unconnected and not from HPYSM for CS (he in UMD) means that  that each year he has to jump through a lot of hoops to get internship positions.  Yes, we are proud that he gets the position on his own strength but each year it's like starting from scratch and previous experience does not seem to matter.

All things being the same - GPA, experience etc  - if we had the network which would at least get him a look from the recruiters, I would not hesitate to use it.  [/quote]

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