Computer Science Internships?

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<p>I also posted this in the Internships section, but maybe you guys here in the Engineering section will be able to help me better?</p>

<p>Alright guys, I'm going into my Sophomore year this fall, and I want to get a CS internship lined up for the summer. </p>

<p>How does the process work, what are the qualifications, and what are some good internships for me to look into? </p>

<p>My current GPA is a 3.11, but it will certainly be higher by the end of this coming school year.</p>

<p>BTW: I attend UT Austin, one of the top CS schools, Idk if companies take the prestige of the school into account?</p>

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<p>Well, being at UT Austin is a good thing, since it is a well regarded school local to an area with computer companies. Start looking in the career center where companies come to recruit interns and new graduates, and in the jobs and careers sections of the web sites of companies that you are interested in.</p>

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<p>Try National Instruments, they are based in Austin, Texas. Also try Texas Instruments.</p>

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<p>GPA is not the end of the world. But how strong are you in CS? Have you done any side project to put on your resume? That’s more critical than your GPA. God knows there are genius doing poorly in school but they are absolutely genius. </p>

<p>I also want an internship but people have been telling me that I am simply a book nerd.</p>

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<p>Try the DOE research centers. Argonne National Lab; Fermi; Sandia, etc… They each have active yet highly competitive internship programs that look great on a resume.</p>

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<p>Intel Austin hires a lot of interns from UT to work part-time during school year as well as full time during summer etc. CS majors are common as well as EE.</p>