#Summer 2023 Internship

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deep parrot
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@gentle shell uiuc?

gentle shell
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shhh

deep parrot
gentle shell
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does it matter if you share school

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or am i cancelled

deep parrot
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ur ok

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also, ur a sophomore, so it’s harder to get call backs

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u go to a good school

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but it’s also pretty late in the application period

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so it’s even harder

gentle shell
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i apply as junior lol, got 1 final round + few oas, hirevues etc.

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but i want to know if there's anything wrong with the resume

deep parrot
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tbh i think you’ll have more luck if u apply early

gentle shell
deep parrot
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no 😹 but ur experience locations are in IL, and uchicago has no engineering school, and NU has a long engineering school name

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kinda pieces the puzzle together

gentle shell
deep parrot
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yeah that’s somewhat late

gentle shell
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but hopefully there is still a sizeable spring wave

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so nothing wrong with resume just date of apply??

deep parrot
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maybe

young wadi
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other than some minor qualms i have with that last extra line after relevant skills, looks strange

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projects look fine, experience is alright considering you're just a first year (aug 22 start) which is the main thing working against you

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you'll have a high response rate next year but not much you can do as a first year other than just keep applying

gentle shell
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do they look at start yr or grad?

young wadi
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considering you go to a t5, make sure to check whether your school has an internal jobs listing

gentle shell
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what is an internal job

young wadi
young wadi
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worst case you should also apply for REUs, just incase you get nothing for SWE intern

gentle shell
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Will do

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Applying as Dec 2024 grad

young wadi
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dubious idea

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if i was a recruiter id be sus

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3 years is already stretching it

gentle shell
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Ik, unfortunately thats the case, I got a lot of credit

young wadi
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i mean if it's realistic then go ahead

gentle shell
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Should I change to 25 and would that hurt

young wadi
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i dont think it matters realistically because all the freshman internships are long full or closed. do whichever one is more realistic for you

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only real piece of advice i can give is that if you don't have monetary reasons to speedrun college, dont. make some friends, get to know people, etc

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theres no point in squeezing an extra year out of it. you're young, and you probably have like 60 years left to live on average. enjoy your life

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now if you wanted to do grad school or something of that sort, i could see the benefit in going quicker since you're gonna be in an academic environment either way

gentle shell
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Agree there, but I have uiuc +1 program which in a way rushes me a year, it'll be like 2.5/3 yrs undergrad + 1 master

young wadi
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ah so its a BS+MS program, makes sense

gentle shell
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I will try reus

young wadi
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waterlooworks is a site for waterloo students to find co-ops (i don't go to waterloo, but its the most obvious example)

gentle shell
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Ahh like research park at uiuc

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I applied, got ghosted during interviews

young wadi
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ic

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but yeah just apply to whatever open REUs you find, see if any profs are doing research and ask if you can help, etc.

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im sure uiuc has a plethora of resources regarding that kind of stuff seeing how much research comes out of there

gentle shell
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Yeah fs, research is a good option but also can be competitive since a lot of ppl at uiuc

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I just wish an easy internship existed

young wadi
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unfortunately, it did exist and it filled up in 2 months (capital one)

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not applying early is a massive boon

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keep your eyes peeled starting july/june

gentle shell
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So I assume I can quit for 2023?

young wadi
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???

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when did i every say that

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you have so many resources you may be glossing over

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use them

gentle shell
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I mean for internships

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I'll just do research

young wadi
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i think research is a great idea to strive for this year, but you should still go for internships. stuff opens up here and there

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imo you should do research because it's a new experience to do something cool over the summer that's a very different environment to a normal internship as a SWE

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not because you gave up on finding internships

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ie. to try something new

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you'll learn more than you expect and you'll get to know a professor very well

gentle shell
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My fermilab was a research internship for 2 yrs I just put as intern haha

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But yeah I genuinely want to do ml research

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Or qc but I can't get that

young wadi
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in that case an REU or other research internship is what you should be going to anyways lol

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start applying asap

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a lot of them have deadlines going soon

gentle shell
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Alright, I really appreciate the advice. Thank you.

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I'll lyk how it goes

young wadi
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