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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Every department at UVA makes upperclassmen get real summer internships. When juniors come back from summer break this fall, if someone said they were a lifeguard at their hometown pool all summer, every ambitious gunner would assume they were an utter moron.[/quote] How does a college make someone do something when the opportunities are not available?[/quote] They can't unless they are making jobs for every student, which absolutely isn't happening. My kid's friends at UVA definitely didn't have internships every summer. What some colleges/majors can do is require capstone projects with industry partners. DS had that requirement for his major at VT and got a job offer from his sponsor. DD goes to a LAC and her major also requires this kind of project. I had the same at my college and that senior project was hugely influential in getting my first job so it was something I looked for in helping them in college search.[/quote]
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