My cousin worked in the summer after sophomore and Junior year with local government contractors. By the time he was entering senior year they had offered him a job for after graduation. He’s hopped around for a few different government contractors in the area and is very well paid and made moves easily and because he wanted to move up or try something different. He was a GMU CS major.

Neighbor's kid did all their internships with tech contractors with the government--started sophomore summer, did part-time throughout the year--graduates this spring and has an offer with the most recent one he worked with--I don't know if. Parents are happy because he's made quite a bit of money already throughout school.

My DS was a Game Design major at GMU. He had paid summer internships (lined up by GMU) each summer. He was hired by a top gaming company before graduation and is now hired by Microsoft. All of his work is computer driven. Computer Science has more math in the coursework. Anything Computer-related is very hot at GMU and in demand. FWIW, the hot hot hot major at GMU right now is Cybersecurity. Those kids are deluged with offers before they even graduate.

When you tour be sure to visit the Prince William campus - which has state-of-the-art tech equipment. Many of my DS classes were there (you take a jitney bus) as is the Virginia Game Design Institute. Also, ask about the Mason Korea programs. Many of the computer students, and especially the cyber tech ones - love spending time there.

Bump. Anyone?

If you have a GMU CS student, please share whether it was hard for them to find summer jobs after 1st or 2nd or 3rd year. How is the placement for jobs after graduation? What is the placement rate? Sure, the top students will have multiple offers.... but how about the students who are good, but not top students in CS?