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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]UMD Dual Major. CS/Another Major - senior. 3 internships in CS - Federal, Defence, FAANG.  Call back from all.  Took the job offer from FAANG. No hooks at all. Asian American Male. All his friends have well paying CS jobs.

All I can say is that internships and work experience from the get go in college is super, super important.

Here is our two cents. 
- Go to your state flagship school and save your education dollars.  UMD has been phenomenal for him.  
- Start applying to as many internships as you can, as early as you can.  Expect to spend a few weeks and a few hours each day sending out applications and resume
- Do not take it personally if you get no offers.  I have heard of brilliant students applying to as many as 200+ positions and only getting 1 or 2 responses.  Be persistent.  My kid applied to 100+ places and got only 1-2 responses. But, the response came from the big names, prestigious well paying places.  And each time, there was call back and offers after the internship ended. 
- Don't do this alone if you can.  Gather a few close friends and sit with them and have internship application sessions together. Once you get your internship offer, keep sending applications out for your friends until all of you have internships.  It is an amazing process of camaraderie and trust building, and it removes  the stress, shame, anxiety, procrastination of internship and job application process. Also, it gives you a whole lot of experience in how to apply and market yourself for different positions because now you are getting a inside look at 5-6 different kinds of candidates/resumes and you are learning from each other.   This is the muscle you will need to develop for the future. [/quote]
I'm the PP with a UMD DC who has two quant firms internships this summer... 100% agree with you.

DC is also a dual CS/another major.  DC has friends who also have internships at FAANGs (maybe they are friends..lol), and quant firms.

To the PP who asked about the internship, one is very short, like a week.  DC turned the second one down, but they came back with an offer for this internship after they finish the other one.  It's a SWE position.  They also got an offer from a FAANG and other tech companies.  Needless to say, we will not be seeing much of DC at all during the summer.

Obviously, this doesn't mean that they will get a return offer, but to OP's thread topic, there are students getting internships (at least).  DC has always been a high performer (both in k-12 and college), but they have friends who aren't as high performing who also have internships, albeit not at FAANGs or quant firms.[/quote]

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