<p>I will be graduating from my undergraduate college this coming May. I have applied to several graduate schools so my plan is to attend graduate school next September. However I am trying to figure what I should be doing for work from May to September. I am skeptical about looking for a full time job offer right now since I don't see why a company would hire a newly graduated engineering student for only three months, or am I wrong? What do people typically do in this situation?</p>
<p>A lot of places (at least in engineering) don't like to hire people not currently enrolled in an institution for internships. This can cut down on your job prospects significantly. It's also pretty hard to find a temp job knowing that you're only going to be there 3 months. A lot of my friends just hung out the summer before grad school.</p>
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A lot of places (at least in engineering) don't like to hire people not currently enrolled in an institution for internships. This can cut down on your job prospects significantly. It's also pretty hard to find a temp job knowing that you're only going to be there 3 months. A lot of my friends just hung out the summer before grad school.
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<p>Never knew that, but I don't see why you can't go back to the company you worked with the previous summer. If there was a good relationship, chances are they'll take you back.</p>
<p>What's the logic with not wanting students in between undergrad and grad though? They hire undergrad interns and graduate interns; why not in-between interns?</p>
<p>Hey I hope I don't sound like too much of a slacker but if I get into grad school, I was planning on taking the summer before grad school a bit easier and not do anything research or science related (my field) since grad school means at least ~5 more years of constant work. I would either get an internship in something completely unrelated or travel a bit since I don't want to be burnt out upon entering grad school.</p>
<p>My daughter has the same plan if she gets into a PhD program. To use the summer to recharge after a couple of very busy years. However, as soon as these aps get in, she will look at what Plan B options make sense.</p>
<p>I traveled for 5 weeks, but otherwise I bummed around. That gave me something to talk about when those b-school and med students ask me what I did in my "time-off" LOL Otherwise, I got weird looks if I said that I went straight out (which was the truth).</p>
<p>Some places do take new grads for internships.</p>
<p>Getting a temporary job at your undergrad school, whether in your undergrad lab, or in some administrative office, can help pay the bills. If you don't have to worry about money, you could safely take a break.</p>
<p>If you're interested in research there are some national summer programs that take students in between undergrad and grad school (BBSI, I know for sure). You can google others. Also, try looking at NSF directly.</p>
<p>If you do a summer internship or research experience out of state, somewhere new, I guess you can consider that as traveling during the summer too!!</p>
<p>I agree with jessiehl.<br>
If you don't need the money, relax a little. (although, grad school is not too bad!)
If you need money, either an internship or just get a job at starbucks, etc--whichever pays more.<br>
If I had to do it all over again, I would probably do a little of both. Get a part-time job and chill the rest of the time.</p>