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TB54 · 05-07-2008, 06:32 AM

Does UCLA have internships with big companies? Yes. Will everybody get their internship of choice? No.

Take whatever internship you get offered in my opinion.

I had an internship offer with a small environmental engineering firm and they offered me 15 bucks an hour. I was mad they offered so little I rejected their offer and ended up with nothing for the summer.

My friend went with a small downstream refining engineering firm, got offered 13.50 an hour. In the end, this internship got him his job with Chevron and he makes 10k more than me. (Not to mention we're in different applications of chemical engineering, but still)

Moral of the story? Don't shoot yourself in the foot.

Companies that give out internships (off the top of my head)
Tesoro
ConocoPhillips (heard all UCLA ChemE who got offered rejected it)
BP
Chevron
Baxter

Thing is, most companies don't hire interns unless after your junior year due to learning what ChemE truly is during your junior year. For UCLA ChemE, we have our own counselor or liason to industry who helps with jobs, Mr. Bill Beard. He's such a great guy and he knows the ropes about getting a job and promotions (used to be the recruiting manager for Arco which is now BP).

Schlumberger can bite me. They put me on an oil rig for 48h straight for a job interview, I hated it so much. I read reviews and what people truly think of Schlumberger/Haliburton, treat you like a dog and work you. Sure you get a lot of money but it blows, not a fun career.

- TB54 aka "We're making 20 million a year on our biodiesel and not tanking, sucka!"

05-07-2008, 06:32 AM	#2118
TB54 Junior Member Join Date: May 2006 Threads: 4 Posts: 178	Does UCLA have internships with big companies? Yes. Will everybody get their internship of choice? No. Take whatever internship you get offered in my opinion. I had an internship offer with a small environmental engineering firm and they offered me 15 bucks an hour. I was mad they offered so little I rejected their offer and ended up with nothing for the summer. My friend went with a small downstream refining engineering firm, got offered 13.50 an hour. In the end, this internship got him his job with Chevron and he makes 10k more than me. (Not to mention we're in different applications of chemical engineering, but still) Moral of the story? Don't shoot yourself in the foot. Companies that give out internships (off the top of my head) Tesoro ConocoPhillips (heard all UCLA ChemE who got offered rejected it) BP Chevron Baxter Thing is, most companies don't hire interns unless after your junior year due to learning what ChemE truly is during your junior year. For UCLA ChemE, we have our own counselor or liason to industry who helps with jobs, Mr. Bill Beard. He's such a great guy and he knows the ropes about getting a job and promotions (used to be the recruiting manager for Arco which is now BP). Schlumberger can bite me. They put me on an oil rig for 48h straight for a job interview, I hated it so much. I read reviews and what people truly think of Schlumberger/Haliburton, treat you like a dog and work you. Sure you get a lot of money but it blows, not a fun career. - TB54 aka "We're making 20 million a year on our biodiesel and not tanking, sucka!" Last edited by TB54 : 05-07-2008 at 06:46 AM.