<p>How difficult is it for people to get engineering internships after only their freshmen year? Would they do simpler things than what a student whose completed more engineering curriculum would do?</p>
<p>i'm starting my nsf reu chem engr. internship in exactly a week. So you should definitely try the nsf reu research internships.I applied to three of them and got two. I only had a 3.26 G.P.A the first semester(which is what i put on the applications at the time i was applying).Got a 3.9 the second semester but they obviously didn't see that. So dont at all be discouraged from applying.There are literally hundreds on these nsf's on the nsf website.Some of them require a statement of purpose(most of them just need a brief description of what kind of research interests you).You need a minimum G.P.A of a 3.2 for almost all of them. Some of them are limited to juniors and seniors so look for the ones that dont have these restrictions.</p>
<p>hold up...let me post the link.</p>
<p>Many of our students get internships after their freshman year. They typically do CADD, testing or various other novice tasks.</p>
<p>It's possible...even more so if you had experience during high school. If not, start working in a lab with a professor or on a student competition team (SAE, AIAA, ASME, etc) so you can get some experience. While you won't be as 'hot' as a junior who has more classes under his or her belt, it wil be better than not having any experience.</p>
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<p>My daughter had a paid internship w/ GE Power Systems after her freshman year. After the freshman year, I think about half of the kids in her class did REUs, internships, or a summer job w/ an engineering company.</p>
<p>what does reu stand for?</p>
<p>research experience for undergraduates.</p>
<p>I was offered two different interships... one full time very well compensated internship and one part time informal type internship. Despite major criticism from friends and my parents, I declined the full time one. It was with a HUGE company(something like 5th largest in the world) and I just didn't feel like I needed to work that hard my freshman summer. 1hr commute, 10 hour days... With the part time one, I'm basically tagging along with the owner of a smaller engineering consulting company and getting paid for it. Paid pretty well too. </p>
<p>I was informally offered a research position with one of my professors but the pay was terrible and no housing or anything. I'd like to do that next summer.</p>
<p>yeah if you want the research ones- you should definitely try the reu's.You'll get $4,000 for the ten week working period, free housing for most), and occasional outings(go out to eat,go see movies-all paid for). </p>
<p>Do you know much about engr. consulting? I always hear about management consulting but not much about engineering consulting(ie. what the job entails,salary,etc.).It sounds interesting</p>
<p>What schools are all your posts representing?</p>
<p>a lot of my friends have internships, I'm working with a professor on a grant from NASA. I had started applying for internships, and was very likely to get one or two cool ones but then the grant came through and that was that.</p>
<p>it was super easy. i got two offers (only talked to two companies) for two top-notch companies. </p>
<p>one was military (SRI) and was offering near a professional wage ($30/hr plus overtime/food/hotel)
one was non-military (JPL), which i took at $15.80/hr.</p>
<p>i think that a little secret in the industry is to just talk to people...just meet new people at parties (especially if alums are there). be yourself. keep doors open with places that you are interested in. and finally, screw the official internship application process. be human and shoot some emails back and forth. if you make a little technical small-talk with them, it shows them that you know your stuff and have geniune interest. (this is not necessarily relfected in the numbers/figures in the application.)</p>
<p>(EDIT: someone in a previous post asked for schools. hmc.)</p>
<p>rocket_DA, what kind of engineer are you?
I am interested in if conditions of getting an intership are equal to all engineers, or some branch of engineering is prefered?</p>
<p>$30/hr?Free hotel/food? What kind of job was this.I would've picked that in a heartbeat.</p>
<p>general engineer....although my specialty is aerospace, namely chemical propulsion.</p>
<p>the military job required me leaving home for 10 weeks. 4 weeks up in menlo park at stanford and 6 weeks "in the field" doing a type of "war games" in indiana/ohio. i would have been doing video compilation from a 3D-world composite and random engineering projects for XCTC. although it sounded like a lot of fun and a great experience, i am a bit anti-war and i need to be around socal this summer.</p>
<p>Both of them are great offers.where did you find out about these positions.</p>
<p>Hey guys!</p>
<p>Since all of you seem to know your way around internships, I was wondering if you could help me with a decision.</p>
<p>GM Powertrain offered me an internship. It's guarenteed for the next 4 summers (5 if I go to school for 5 years). This summer (my pre-frosh summer) they're giving me $2500.</p>
<p>It's a plant really close to home and the plant just announced expansions. But I'm just worried that it will tie me down too quickly. Anyone have any thoughts? I'm entering RPI as an undecided this fall.</p>
<p>"Both of them are great offers.where did you find out about these positions."
I worked for JPL two years ago... so they connections from that continued to this year. For SRI, I bumped into an alum from my dorm at a party and he offered me an internship.</p>
<p>A family friend works at a large international company that hires dozens of interns, and they fill most all of their
summer internship positions by Feb. of each year. </p>
<p>On the other hand. . .my daughter got her GE internship at the end of May, through a connection w/ her former high school English teacher.</p>
<p>Networking is the key.</p>
<p>I just graduated from highschool and I'm working an internship in ME with a Product Development company this summer. </p>
<p>My dad knew a guy, who knew a guy, who knew a guy, who was friends with a guy(no joke), that had worked with the Product Development Company. A couple phone calls and an interview later.. I got me an internship. </p>
<p>It's an awesome gig, great variety of experience to be obtained. Just stay determined, ask questions, and you'll get yours.</p>