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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What I mean is that I feel like they could be more helpful and I have to wonder if he were at a nice small private school he’d be getting more attention.  But to him, there is nothing wrong with the schools way of going about this. If you were to ask him who is to blame if he doesn’t have a summer internship he’d likely say 1) not having an internship as a rising senior isn’t the end of the world and 2) to the extent it’s a problem it’s his fault and no one else’s.  [/quote]

There's only so much a career center can do.  Typically, they check kids' resumes and give advice.  They give access to the internship postings on a website.  And they give advice about looking for internships beyond that website.  But what else can they really do?  It's basically the student's responsibility to do the applications.

Depending on the student's interest area, a lot of schools have student-led clubs that help with getting internships.  For instance, for consulting careers, there's probably a consulting club where students get together, have speakers from consulting firms, do case competitions, etc.  And usually the older kids mentor the younger kids on the interview process (which is unique and complicated).  For banking, there's probably an investment club that has a similar set of activities.  But these are relatively intense experiences where you get out what you put in.[/quote]

Pp here— Ironically, my son is very much involved in the club/ fraternity/ for his major.  In fact he was elected to a leadership position in the club and maybe he is [b]spending so much time with planning the social events that he is shorting time that should be spent on applications.[/b]  🤷‍♀️ [/quote]

That's certainly possible. Kids can underestimate just how much time a good internship search takes. DS was struggling last Fall with a class for a minor that was taking a ton of time. A month in he decided to drop it because it was keeping him from really focusing on the job search and he thought that was more important than the value a minor might add to his resume. Was a good decision - he had a great internship secured by winter break.[/quote]

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