<p>I'm wondering how current and recently graduated Wellesley students are making out in the current economic climate? </p>
<p>Are students interested in summer internships getting them? Are graduates being hired in their chosen fields or are they taking whatever they can get merely to be employed?</p>
<p>Are Wellesley connections helpful and useful in pursuing these type of opportunities?</p>
<p>Is Wellesley's placement office helpful/instrumental in assisting those who seek help on these issues?</p>
<p>I’m not sure how much Wellesley was involved, but a friend of my daughter’s had a choice between spending her summer at a publishing internship and working for her state senator (?? not sure exactly who it was) after her first year at Wellesley.</p>
<p>My daughter (also just finished her first year), who is a science major, is working this summer with a professor and getting paid to do that. – the Science Center has a summer research program to which students can apply.</p>
<p>About 1/3 of Wellesley students who apply for research in the Science Center during the summer get it.</p>
<p>Also, a bunch of Wellesley students do research at MIT during the summer because there are plentiful opportunities and because they are able to as cross registered students. </p>
<p>I wouldn’t be afraid about not being able to find internships to do as an undergrad at Wellesley- there are truly a lot of opportunities as long as you keep your eyes open and search for them.</p>