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[quote=Anonymous]I have one kid at a huge public U and one a senior only applying to LACs. I've noticed a lot of emphasis at the LACs on career services with some requiring a career planning class in the 1st semester to get the kids into the career center as soon as possible. At another, one of DD's current favorites, students told her they had professors personally making connections to jobs for them and that was reiterated when she met with the head of the dept she wants to major in. He shared the different companies/agencies they do projects with and that every student was in grad school or a job, often with the companies they connect them with through class projects. There seemed to be a lot more hands on mentoring both academically and in career connections than my older child is getting at a huge university. Yes, his school has name recognition and a lot of alumni and he will do fine but nobody is going to come looking for him and be concerned with making sure he's getting an internship or research opportunity lined up for next summer.[/quote]

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