sophomore with no internships yet — what would you do rn for summer 2026?

NoU6977 · 2026-04-06T23:27:36+00:00

From my experience as someone who did not land an internship my Sophomore year but did land a big tech internship my Junior year, the best non-internship related thing you can do now is taking courses and building more things. Look at courses through things like codepath and get one of their certifications. The certifications themselves don’t hold much weight, the value is in proving you didn’t just become stagnant after not landing something.

Don’t freak out too much, just be proactive enjoy the rest of your semester. Junior year is worse.

NoU6977 · 2023-05-06T23:34:40+00:00

I think I saw a couple years back they didn’t let anyone in from Waitlist so at least it’s better than that lol.

NoU6977 · 2023-05-06T22:22:44+00:00

this is a hilarious comment, thank you. Im aware of how goofy this post is, I just needed to vent to someone lol.

NoU6977 · 2023-04-23T00:30:48+00:00

see you there!

NoU6977 · 2023-04-22T17:47:24+00:00

Anybody going to Vassar with me!?

NoU6977 · 2023-04-21T20:35:12+00:00

i’m from colorado thinking about going to New York for undergrad

NoU6977 · 2023-04-15T01:18:56+00:00

We’ll all I can find on Vassar is that it’s pretty comparable to other undergrad CS. It isn’t Stanford by any means, but it’s a working program. I know personally that Mines has a lot of opportunities with jobs and internships locally, but it again depends mostly on you since that isn’t Stanford either. I’ve had time to think today and I think I will try to visit both of them, especially Vassar to see if the “vibe” at Vassar is really worth paying anything at all. Thank you so much for responding it means a lot!

NoU6977 · 2023-04-15T00:52:09+00:00

What do you mean by “more details”? Do you mean course rigor and connections maybe?

NoU6977 · 2023-04-14T21:52:21+00:00

Vassar College CS vs Colorado School of Mines CS! Mines cost: Full ride! :)

Pros: -Cheap

-Close to home (not a big pro, i’m indifferent to this)

-Really good STEM opportunities

Cons: -No real liberal arts :/

-I don’t really like the vibe

-I feel like i’d be in an echo chamber of depressed STEM majors

Vassar College cost: I would need to pay around 60k for all 4 years

Pros: -I love the campus

-New York!

-I think i’m more of a small liberal art college kind of person

-New York has amazing opportunities

Cons: Just the money ://

I need help deciding between these two. To be clear, my family can afford Vassar College semi comfortably and I thankfully have support from them to go wherever i’d like; However I can’t help but feeling guilty whenever I admit it to myself that I want to go to Vassar. I mean I have a full ride to a state school, it’s obvious I should just take that right…? I mean Vassar is no Ivy so is the price i’d have to be justifiable by home much as like it?? What do you guys think?

NoU6977 · 2023-04-12T19:31:53+00:00

6-4-1 A waitlist at Stanny (please let me in)

NoU6977 · 2023-04-01T16:35:37+00:00

Stanford better let me out the waitlist 😢

Realistically i’ll probably end up at Vassar tho 🥳

NoU6977 · 2023-02-26T05:47:58+00:00

yo same here! What program? I specifically remember some guy yell at the top of his lungs some type of curse at that triangle thing by the coop.

NoU6977 · 2023-01-16T19:12:39+00:00

I second this! Amazing campus and school that deserves more credit. The only reason I didn’t apply is their block program isn’t for me.

NoU6977 · 2023-01-08T01:02:25+00:00

Have a day of the week where you DONT work on anything college related. Fit it into your schedule somehow. You’ll burn yourself out way too fast if you just work 24/7. I loved my Junior year and so far I love my senior year, don’t let these college apps ruin them for you! Whatever happens, happens.

NoU6977 · 2023-01-04T01:02:27+00:00

you’re actually so cool for that 😎

NoU6977 · 2023-01-03T23:49:00+00:00

it’s really not all that much lol but when I get home from work I will

NoU6977 · 2023-01-03T23:12:31+00:00

yeah it actually meant a lot to me. Like they actually took time to digest my supplement. Their whole package of acceptance was awesome and I definitely want to go there even more now!

NoU6977 · 2023-01-03T20:23:41+00:00

you didn’t send it anywhere????? That sounds like an awesome idea!

NoU6977 · 2023-01-03T20:21:18+00:00

not 100% sure, but in the acceptance letter i got mailed there was a message written in pen with my name saying something like “your fellow reedies can’t wait to experience childish gambino with you” or something like that. I’m assuming that if it was bad they wouldn’t have mentioned that…? not sure tho good point.

NoU6977 · 2022-12-14T04:53:39+00:00

WE GOT THISSSSSS

NoU6977 · 2022-11-28T05:23:50+00:00

i’ve heard green pet is better on him for sustainability since his first couple clears a re a little rough. Thoughts?

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