Electrical engineering internships?

Career Opportunities & Internships
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<p>Hi All, I'm a sophomore engineer attending the University of Iowa with a GPA of 3.4 and I've had a research assistant job at a lab for about a year now. I switched majors from biomedical engineering to electrical engineering recently for a number of reasons, but that is not important here. With summer internship application season coming, and not having any experience in that area, I'll turn to you bright people. What does everyone think of my chances of landing an electrical engineering internship for this upcoming summer? </p>

<p>I have done a fair bit of research on my own and found a bunch that I'll apply to. It looks like most companies ask for at least a 3.0 GPA, check. I got that. The thing I'm most concerned about is what will employers think of my resume when they see an electrical engineer applying for an electrical engineer internship but then I have spent a year in a research lab doing genomic-type-work. Side note, I originally took up that position when I was still declared biomedical engineer and that has since changed. Maybe it won't even be a big deal. Either way, I think it would be valuable to hear from you people who might have had a similar experience or have had internship experience before. Thanks a lot everyone. </p>

<p>Bryan Ehlers</p>

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<p>Apply to as many as you can. I would look into some REU’s at universities for your sophomore year summer. After junior year your chances of getting an internship at a company increases a lot. After all, you’d be much more beneficial for the company after taking relevant coursework. After freshman and sophomore year it might be best to look into programs at universities not at companies.</p>

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<p>Thanks for the reply pharaoh. I hadn’t considered a REU yet. I started looking into them and already found a few that I’m going to apply for in addition to internships, thanks a lot!!</p>

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<p>Just apply, it will be fine. Tell them you switched. Also, depending on the internship, the work you will be doing will not be something that only an electrical engineer could do.</p>