<p>I was wondering, when an interviewer asks me what year I am in , should I tell them my classification on my transcript or in my major? What I mean is if I’m classified as a Junior cause I have over 60 credit hours, but I’m finishing up Sophomore level courses for my major, do I tell my interviewer that I’m a junior or a sophomore? I will be having 83 credit hours total after this semester.</p>
<p>Just explain that you have junior standing at your school and are finishing up sophomore levels for your class. I am sure they will understand that</p>
<p>Is it usually a good sign if an interviewer asks if you can come to a second interview in Feb. or March.? and asks if you need housing assistance? Maybe I’m just over-analyzing this interview :X</p>
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They want to know when you will be graduating, so go ahead and tell them that you are a junior but also note that you still have two years to go.</p>
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Yes. It means that they are interested in you, and that the position is significant enough to warrant paying travel expenses to interviewees. Depending on the company, this might just be a formality or you might be competing against someone else, but either way it is a good step.</p>
<p>Just a question. I have had my phone interview and stuff. It’s going to be two weeks on Monday and I haven’t gotten a call back. I’ve sent a thank you note to my interviewer a day after my interview. Should I just keep waiting or move on? I thought the interview went well…</p>
<p>after an interview, you will always get a follow up call/email
they will tell you whether you are accepted or not
sometimes they take a long time, especially if you are one of their first people interviewed, then you should wait for them to interview all other candidates, and then wait more time for them to make their decision…
just realize: you will always get a follow up, so just wait!!
hopefully it turns out good</p>
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<p>After a week, it is acceptable to call them. Most likely they are just confused about who was supposed to call.</p>
<p>I’m in a similar situation.</p>
<p>[ul]
[<em>]2nd year student
[</em>]Taking classes recommended by the university for first semester junior year (many/most of my classmates are currently juniors)
[<em>]Classified as a senior (92 credits)
[</em>]Not sure what to put on internship applications since I’m sort of in-between ‘junior year’, or am just ahead as a sophomore
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<p>If I have to pick one on an online application, and there’s no place to add a comment, what would you recommend I select? I’ve selected current sophomore/rising junior on all of my applications thus far, but arguably I’m a little bit ahead of that. Thanks.</p>
<p>When you need to pick a simple answer, I would say that you should take the lesser of your “official standing” and your year based on your time remaining to complete your degree. In your case, your “official standing” appears to be as a senior, but you should presumably have at least one year remaining beyond this one (since you are taking junior-level courses) which would indicate a junior. Since junior is the lesser title, I would call yourself a junior.</p>
<p>If an internship asks for your standing, it’s to gain an expectation of the work you can do and to set your salary (generally, freshman are paid less than sophomores, who are paid less than juniors, who are paid less than seniors). Your resume should already list your graduation date (and if not, they will ask specifically for that otherwise they’ll have to deal with 5th year seniors some way). </p>
<p>When dealing with questions like this, the best rule is to go with whatever your school considers you. That way if anyone ever questions you, you can point to your transcript and no one has a case that you lied to get hired. If you tell the company “sophomore” and they get a transcript that says “junior”, there might be a problem.</p>
<p>Since I’m essentially one semester ahead, I supppose it would seem acceptable to say I’m a junior, even though I’m keeping my 4-year graduation date (12 credits per semester rather than 15 allows me to do that). I want time for extracurriculars like engineering clubs/teams (had to leave one this year because of my really rough 15-credit schedule last semester. I really want the experience from these design teams, so I think 12 credits and getting tha experience is fine.</p>
<p>I haven’t taken classes like aerodynamics yet, as most juniors have (I’m only one semester ahead so I’ll take it next semester), and my graduation date doesn’t reflect me being a junior, despite my official standing as a senior and what classes I’m taking… so do you still think saying I’m a junior is ok?</p>
<p>Also, if I said I’m a sophomore and they see otherwise, I could always say I implied second year by that. Most companies seem to want people who have completed junior year, but I’m technically halfway through, I guess you could say. That’s why I’m wondering.</p>
<p>I think junior would be fine, and you COULD say that you were a senior, since your school does… I just would not recommend it, since it implies that you have completed more relevent classes than you actually have.</p>