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[quote=Anonymous]Other than one post-freshman summer camp job for one kid, every internship our kids have gotten in college has been due to them getting to know faculty, meeting with advisors, using their college search database/career center, and talking to upperclassmen. They have never been unemployed nor have they needed help from family because we are not in their various interest areas. 
We help friend’s kids in our field but those spots are usually gone by winter break. 
Here is the pattern and while it is true across all schools there are certain school cultures where peers encourage each other to always be focused on resume building: the early bird gets the worm. They start fall semester or even the summer before. Spring semester professors are helpful when nothing has emerged. Every one of their peers at their ivies had a job every summer after sophomore year, related to their field of interest. Almost none were family connections after freshman summer. Some are highly prestigious and competitive national or international positions, others are research spots with a professor at thr home university offered because they have good grades and got to know the professor, others have easier to get school-based opportunities outlined below. 
Non-research summer jobs at colleges give preference to students and include working at academic camps, being an RA for high schoolers, working in marketing for the university for the summer. Many colleges have summer travel internships with funding, often applications are over winter break. 
All of these are resume builders and better than waitressing/bussing. All of them require paying attention early and applying early in spring semester though the schools usually fill them much later than the typical competitive application wave that starts in August and goes through December or early January.
Unfortunately parents can’t help much, it is up to the students. [/quote]

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