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I’ve been non stop cold applying for a Summer 26 everyday since August and I finally got 2 offers on Friday. If you’re still applying for this summer I can tell you it’s not too late and to keep pushi
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I’ve been non stop cold applying for a Summer 26 everyday since August and I finally got 2 offers on Friday. If you’re still applying for this summer I can tell you it’s not too late and to keep pushing. I almost gave up 3 times in late February/March. I’m also far from a perfect student, I am junior with a 2.9 GPA, ok projects, and one internship in robotics that was just given to me bc my friend left. One thing I will say is going to events and meeting people is far more valuable than a cold application, another is being in a fraternity definitely helped a ton - being able to go on our linkedin group chat that’s has 40k+ members and messaging everyone who was C suite / software engineer / HR etc. saying “Dear Brother, I am a fellow brother of {Fraternity} and am looking for internship in CS this summer, any help would be much appreciated“ (not exact message but you get the point). Being able to connect with someone on a deeper level and not just “We went to the same college” goes SUCH a long way in response rate, so much so that 10 of my 13 interviews were from network outreach and both of my offers were from there as-well. What i’m trying to say is that yes this is a game of luck 1000%, but you have to put yourself in the position to get lucky, sitting inside all day mass applying just isn’t gonna cut it. Go to events, join clubs, do anything that gets you talking to people because that’s where you’re going to find success.
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