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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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]

[b]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.[/b][/quote]

Ouch! So sorry.  May I ask what field he was looking for an internship in?[/quote]

[b]Finance. Double major economics and statistics [/quote][/b]

So sorry PP.  That must have been brutal.  I am impressed, however, that your son had the diligence to send out 100 letters.  We had to get both of our kids going the first summer through contacts.  After that, they knew what to do.  I'm glad he got the paid internship, though, in the end. Most of my kids' were not paid[/quote]

Thanks. He had to - he already did camps counselor the summer before and he really needs an internship (paid or unpaid) at a company if he wants to have a shot at an internship in his junior year. And most kids get job offers from their junior internships. It is difficult to be a a donut white boy - not poor, not rich, no hooks[/quote]

It is not true that one has to have an internship after sophomore year to get a paid internship after junior year.  My nephew who is doing undergraduate Business major with a concentration in Finance at a state flagship didn't do internship after sophomore year but secured a paid summer internship in NYC in the Fall semester of junior year itself.  He is from a donut family and is an ORM (over represented minority - Asian).  ORMs have to climb greater hurdles than whites.  Don't lose heart.  Your son will be fine.  Many Wall street firms will visit your son's campus for recruiting early Fall.  All the best.[/quote]

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