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[quote=Anonymous]I have students at two different ivies, both in the top 10, a junior and a sophomore. Junior's longterm BF is a senior at Duke. All three schools have career services that all three have used to varying degrees for internships and career advice. One of these students is prelaw so the law advising professors as well as individual professors have been the go-to. One of the students got their internships through professor connections and also got a different internship experience through the school for the early part of one summer: that was through the school. One of these students has attended multiple CV workshops, where professors attend and advise for summer internship applications. 
All three of these students ask older students at their school for advice, meet with grad students, have lunch or coffee with profs, students, etc to gather ideas and advice. Two of the three have done on campus research with professors and that has led to publication for one and a likely publication soon for the other. These connections have proved to be jumping off points for building connections that have led to summer intern/jobs. All three investigate non- school sponsored internships on their own and apply widely. One of the three is starting the Rhodes process: faculty made the suggestion and there is a full Rhodes team. All three schools have on campus recruiting that their friends have used for summer jobs, but it does not really apply at the moment to the one targeting phd nor the one targeting law school. Friends at the schools have used them and seniors do get jobs from them based on data published. All three schools have career center data that show the average starting salaries, the companies that hire, the law school matriculation data, phD placement programs, on and on. So far, all three schools have lived up to the hype, especially the willingness of professors to help, but the students go after every opportunity: they do not expect to be handed an internship or job or acceptance to grad school. [/quote]

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