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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]When I graduated from an Ivy with an engineering degree back in 1991, I only knew one person who got a job by May.  We all managed to become productive citizens since.  He’ll be fine.  [/quote]

Engineering and you didn't have any internships? No employer offered you and your friends jobs at the end of your rising senior summer internships?[/quote]

1991 was perhaps one of the toughest years to get a job in STEM/engineering.  Companies that used to hire 10+ kids from Ivies and other top schools would hire 1 from each school. To even get an on campus interview (Which was the prelude to getting invited to an onsite interview) you had to have a top GPA---think 3.8/3.9+ in engineering.

Many many kids graduating in 1991 went immediately to grad school, because the jobs simply were not there.

My spouse and I worked for a company that in 5 previous years hired 250+ new hires from college and then sent them for their masters.  Our year they hired ~100.  By 2 years later, they were hiring only 30.

If you didn't have a top gpa, you were simply not getting a job because they did not exist.

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