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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes, and those who say otherwise are perpetuating a massive lie. Especially if you want a good internship to set you up for an elite career, you will need a high gpa. People will always say you need "experience." Well, that experience requires a good gpa to actually get the dang position.[/quote]

Not really true. I had an actual job during college. I worked at a major bank and then VISA. I got into a prestigious training program out of college with a low GPA as I had actual work experience. Ironically you need a high GPA to get internships but not to be an employee at 18-20.

At work we just hired an EVP who is 34. Prior job was SVP. He has 16 years banking experience.  He started work full time at 18 and did college at night. You dont need the internship if you already have the job.     [/quote]

No one will give and engineering student an engineering job to work at while they are in school. Even the non college degree jobs like working in a garage which could work for mechanical E maybe require some training.

Sure, you could work for a professor in a lab, but unless you really hit it off with them you will still have to apply for those jobs against people who have higher gas.
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Huh? There are so many engineering internships at private companies that are for college students in the summer. There are ones near campus for year round parttime but thats not common, most have on campus research in the school year. My kid’s ivy just had a several workshop-days thing letting the engineers explore options. Almost all cutoffs are 3.0 for PAID positions. They mentioned there are resume building options on campus or away that are unpaid for those under 3.0 though they made it sound as though that is a very very rare GPA after sophomore year. These summer programs are for after sophomore or junior year. They are competitive but there are many to be found. The ivy sponsors funding for some of them , and has a history of sending multiple students due to an ongoing relationship. Others are fully in the private sector. Others are government paid positions. Some are abroad with funding. They are real Engineering jobs for 10-12 weeks and the pay is good for most. [/quote]

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