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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There are plenty of great companies that don't operate on this nepotistic approach.  They have strict guidelines for internship hiring and really view it as an opportunity to introduce their company to potential talent.  Schools also have MOUs with a range of companies for internship sites and the guidelines are laid out for hiring through those.  This is contemporary practice in most tech companies--even for non-tech positions (e.g., business analytics, marketing etc.).  The people's responses on this site seem very "old school" to me--I'm curious what fields they are as it seems alien to my experience.[/quote]

My sophomore DC with a 4.0 at an ivy sent out resumes to over 100 schools through the school - only 3 callbacks for an interview. The ones that got callbacks and made it through were females and URMs. No one wants a white boy. In the end, he secured a paid internship for this summer through a friend.  This is not old school  - this is the current reality.[/quote]

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