<p>Do any of u guys know how to get an internship if my major is Industrial Engineering =)?
I’m a international freshman (finishing up my 3rd quarter) in a community college (near san francisco) 0.0</p>
<p>Son applied to one REU last year and got it. He applied to two this year and got one. Both provide housing. REUs don’t pay as much as private internships but you get more exposure to the research environment. He was also offered a research job and funded Masters and Phd program (unsolicited) at his own school with work starting this summer but he had already accepted the summer internship.</p>
<p>Housing and transportation can be a headache but that’s where you have to be resourceful. There are lots of students that figure out their own housing (using Craigslist) where they share a place with other students in the area. There’s transportation, shopping for food, setting up internet and phone, mail service, etc. Sometimes a relative or friend can provide a room in a city.</p>
<p>**I’ve been hearing this “lack of internship” excuse from a lot of people in Gainesville. To me, the quality of the career services department is incredibly important in choosing a college, and it sounds like UF is doing a terrible job creating opportunities. I’ve been telling people this year to avoid UF for that reason. **</p>
<p>UF had the #1 career resource center in the entire country this past year and sure, a lot of students don’t get internships, but then again a lot do. I’m a freshman and I got an internship because I worked hard for it. I didn’t just show up at the showcase, hand out my resume, and expect something in return. The CRC helped me out a lot, but only because I sought out the help. If you don’t put yourself out there and network, no one benefits. </p>
<p>Then again, I got the internship through a program by the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE). My internship now pays me and afterwards, SHPE will provide me with a scholarship. As far as housing, I’m originally from Miami and my internship is in Texas. I had to secure my own housing, which wasn’t easy! I also have no car, so I take public transportation everywhere. But the company pays/reimburses me for everything: flight, housing, food, public transportation, etc. </p>
<p>Engineering internships are harder to come by the further you are from graduation, but that doesn’t mean they’re impossible. I had **three other UF friends (freshmen!) ** who also got internships at top companies. It’s possible; you just have to put forth more effort than most other sophomores/juniors/seniors are putting in!</p>
<p>The career center can provide services and hold career fairs and notify students of job opportunities. But they can’t get students to send in applications on time, get their resumes updated, train them on how to do interviews, etc. if the student doesn’t use the career center. There are many internships that require applications in December and January and there should be plenty of time over winter break to do the applications but I run into lots of kids that procrastinate about doing applications until it is too late.</p>
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<p>Do you have a link? I haven’t seen a single ranking where UF even showed up on the list (let alone #1). I get that you have school pride, but don’t make things up.</p>
<p>FWIW, Princeton Review 2010 has UF’s career services center supposedly @ no. 1. I haven’t seen the full review, but here is a link:</p>
<p>[University</a> of Florida](<a href=“http://www.princetonreview.com/UniversityofFlorida.aspx]University”>University of Florida - The Princeton Review College Rankings & Reviews)</p>
<p>Princeton Review does not count as a ranking system. They go to a college and ask 10 students their opinion of that college, which is inherently incorrect (if they find 10 students with jobs, the school has a good year; if they find 10 students on the cusp of failing out, it’s a bad year). That’s why you’ll see a school as “#1 most drug use” one year and “#1 least drug use” subsequent years. None of the objective rankings that include things like participation and placement rank UF, and the anecdotal evidence here supports that.</p>
<p>I don’t think much of PR’s rankings either, but you asked for a reference and I provided it. As a corporate recruiter I wouldn’t place UF at number one either, but I do think it is has well above average career services and deseves a little more respect than you are giving it.</p>