How’re your kids getting internships? My kid is striking out.

Engineering, sophomore, paid summer internship out of state including free housing and travel. Most friends secured similar positions, some at the home institution(ivy)

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Anonymous wrote:My freshman has struck out so far.

most freshman don't get internships. Don't worry about it.

+1 a regular job that summer is perfectly fine. Use that to demonstrate work ethic and ability to do well in a workplace. Focus on building major-related experience at school so you are in a better position for later internships.

Dual CS/math major, finishing second year but is a senior due to credits. They are going out of state, which is neither where college nor home is. It's a paid internship (pretty good in today's economy), and the company is giving them a stipend for travel/housing.

Anonymous wrote:My freshman has struck out so far.

most freshman don't get internships. Don't worry about it.

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Anonymous wrote:Sophomore DD is an environmental science major. Has a summer internship in natural resources management with our county.

Also, this is her second summer with this team. Last year she applied to about ten jobs in Jan-Mar. Had two offers by spring break.

Wow this makes me question my DD going into CS where I hear kids applying to 200+ jobs starting in July and not getting offers. Is the CS major this competitive? Is this going to get even worse?

I was surprised at how easy it was for her to get a job but I think the big determinants were:

1) she's willing and happy to do hard labor in heat and humidity all summer long, actually prefers it to sitting at a desk. For an ES major applying to corporate jobs, I expect the competition is much, much greater. Especially in the current job environment where all federal hiring is gone, it's going to get harder. I know so many kids majoring in ES. Some are also "outdoorsy" but not all. [the challenge can be finding jobs for ES that involve more than just the hard labor. She also gets to be involved in planning projects, doing public education, setting up and analyzing experiments]

2) She had significant experience on her resume to demonstrate that yes, she does like working outside and isn't going to bail on you part way through the summer -- camp counselor at a very outdoors-focused camp, volunteer work, work as part of college classes.

3) One of the offers was from a job that didn't seem to be widely posted (I'm a librarian and very good at search techniques and helped her with finding job listings), and the other she found a personal connection to the office (that's the one she accepted).

In contrast, my son is a data science major, applied to 100+ jobs sophomore year and didn't get an internship (ended up working retail). Partly, he realized he started too late by missing Fall hiring. Junior year he tackled internship applications like a class in Fall semester, applied to 100+ jobs and had an internship by Fall break, did well there, and will work there after graduation.

The trade off, of course, is that DD's post-graduation salary will no doubt be significantly less than DS's.

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Anonymous wrote:Sophomore DD is an environmental science major. Has a summer internship in natural resources management with our county.

Also, this is her second summer with this team. Last year she applied to about ten jobs in Jan-Mar. Had two offers by spring break.

Wow this makes me question my DD going into CS where I hear kids applying to 200+ jobs starting in July and not getting offers. Is the CS major this competitive? Is this going to get even worse?

My freshman has struck out so far.

Anonymous wrote:Sophomore DD is an environmental science major. Has a summer internship in natural resources management with our county.

Also, this is her second summer with this team. Last year she applied to about ten jobs in Jan-Mar. Had two offers by spring break.

Sophomore DD is an environmental science major. Has a summer internship in natural resources management with our county.

CS major. Applied July-October 24. Secured internship with small Arlington defense contractor in November. Live in NOVA. Attends UMD.

it is havdy for them to be in your hometown so you don't have to pay housing. not many in the college town that i am aware of.

my DD has her internship about an hour from our home. she got an apartment there.

Fulltime paid research position with free housing at a different T10 than my kid attends. Paid internships are fairly common after sophomore year at this school.

None. 200 applications and still applying.

What types of internships have your kids gotten this summer? Back in your hometown or at college location?