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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Sorry in advance, I don't know where else to ask. If your dc is at an ivy, ivy plus, or ivy adjacent, do they have something lined up? Is it basically over and it's time to get in with a professor? I thought this was the benefit of being at a top school, but seems like the career center fall back is to connect with an alum and they don't seem to respond. (seem is the operative word as I only talk to my dc about it). Is it unusually quiet? Is this common? Is it this year? Or has it always been this way? I didn't go to a top school so I'm not trying to be obnoxious, I thought this was supposed to be a benefit?  Should I be offering any specific advice? Thanks [/quote]

DC is at an ivy as a peer mentor and a TA in engineering, senior. Almost all of the sophomores have paid positions lined up, some in uni or govt research internships  and some in industry.  Some research programs are still in the process of rolling out acceptances. 
The culture at the ivies and similar is to start in labs on campus early, maximize the course progression and have a transcript as a sophomore that resembles a junior transcript from a midlevel flagship E school with regard to research experience and courses taken. 
The students do have to make the effort to get to know professors, talk to upperclassmen, read department emails that list summer jobs.
All of the juniors have internships, leans toward private industry jobs. Half of the freshman have paid stem jobs for the summer, though many are through professors at this ivy. 
It was about the same last year and every year since she arrived on campus, though paid research at other universities have contracted due to funding cuts last year. [/quote]

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