(Original post by y0_3mma)
Anyway, I think it's waaay easier to get an engineering graduate job (compared to others)! There are sooo many, literally hundreds of vacancies and they really need engineers! Every time I want to apply for a graduate job, only engineering everywhere.. and it's sad because even though i'm studying engineering, i am looking for other jobs.
Wow, that's depressing. I can't get one internship at even the smallest company, for free. Jesus, there must be thousands of engineering students who graduate in chemical engineering alone every year, I'm f***ed. My dad did warn that anyone who isn't genius or isn't the son of some rich bloke would struggle in university.
Well, this is a rather worrying realization in the run up to my spring exams. I should've never asked in the first place, this is genuinely making me a little sad. God, 18 grand I've already burdened myself with for a worthless degree already. Well, I don't know how to lock threads but uh I think this is might have come to end.
Thanks to everyone who tried to answer the question, best of luck for the future.
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I'm not an engineering student (sorry OP!) but I found this interesting and wanted to ask you a quick question if that's okay. I was looking for a lab placement and as usual the big companies are very competitive but I haven't found many smaller ones posting application forms or anything. Does this apply only if they advertise placements or can you kind of nudge them with an email and a CV and ask if they can take you on?
To OP, maybe ask your professors if they could place you in one of their labs for the summer, even to shadow? I'm not sure how engineering placements would work like that but at least for something biomedical that kind of thing is possible. It'd be worth a shot I'd say.
OP - also look into summer schools as well as making speculative applications, I've know many friends who have had success this way and having that initial experience will help so much when applying for internships at bigger companies next year
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Wow, that's depressing. I can't get one internship at even the smallest company, for free. Jesus, there must be thousands of engineering students who graduate in chemical engineering alone every year, I'm f***ed. My dad did warn that anyone who isn't genius or isn't the son of some rich bloke would struggle in university.
Well, this is a rather worrying realization in the run up to my spring exams. I should've never asked in the first place, this is genuinely making me a little sad. God, 18 grand I've already burdened myself with for a worthless degree already. Well, I don't know how to lock threads but uh I think this is might have come to end.
Thanks to everyone who tried to answer the question, best of luck for the future.
Just because its not paying off during your study doesn't mean it's worthless, you need to wait until it's completed to make that call, and even then to non-engineering companies it still won't be worthless. -
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(Original post by SgtPugsey)
Wow, that's depressing. I can't get one internship at even the smallest company, for free. Jesus, there must be thousands of engineering students who graduate in chemical engineering alone every year, I'm f***ed. My dad did warn that anyone who isn't genius or isn't the son of some rich bloke would struggle in university.
Well, this is a rather worrying realization in the run up to my spring exams. I should've never asked in the first place, this is genuinely making me a little sad. God, 18 grand I've already burdened myself with for a worthless degree already. Well, I don't know how to lock threads but uh I think this is might have come to end.
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Advice would be greatly appreciated, I've been asked by a potential supervisor to come in 'to discuss' for a summer placement and I don't know if I should try and prepare something incase it's like an interview.
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Advice would be greatly appreciated, I've been asked by a potential supervisor to come in 'to discuss' for a summer placement and I don't know if I should try and prepare something incase it's like an interview.
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So my recommendation would be to prepare. Worst case scenario you learn a bit more about the company and how to portray yourself in an interview, best case it makes the difference between getting the job and not getting it..
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