How helpful is the Cornell Engineering Career Center?

MOMANDBOYSTWO
Sun, 24 Jul 2016 01:53:38 +0000

@oldfort That is kind of the answer I was expecting…I guess I was hoping for a slightly different answer.

Am worried about the “proactive” part and the interviews. Maybe he will make a few friends who are more proactive about getting help at the Career Center and he will follow by example. He is 100% self-motivated academically, but I haven’t seen him be assertive about getting jobs and taking leadership roles in outside activities. His shyness holds him back a little, I think. Making close friends may be a problem, but hopefully being surrounded by lots of engineer types will help him find his niche.

Part of why I was OK with Cornell for him was that I knew he would be have peers who might be good role models and set the bar high for him. But, $70K a year will be somewhat wasted if he doesn’t get internships and a job at the end…

Thanks for your honest assessment.

By the way, I wonder if there are any fraternities that might take introverted engineers? That would be a good growing experience for him, but I know he won’t pursue it unless a friend happened to push him to rush.