<p>Okay. I don’t know. In my S’s case, there was a specific project he was asked to do. I don’t know if a similar project will materialize next summer. As well, the company’s internship program includes not only summer interns but also co-op students, so it may be different than for companies which see summer internships as essentially recruiting tools.
S’s group knew that he was interested in grad school, and even made some suggestions; but still encouraged him to consider coming back to work at the company (next summer? next year? eventually? I don’t know).</p>