@EmptyNestSoon2 - those sound like great summers. I get that nostalgia; I had some fun ones myself in Washington State!
my kid is an actuary; between his jr and senior yr he had an internship. They paid well; and paid for housing.
He did not get a job offer at the end; he was slightly disappointed; slightly relieved at the same time as he wasn’t sure about living in that city.
He did say that only half of his co-horts got job offers (including all the females in the group). One kid from a big-name school who started the internship was fired half-way through. Absolutely that internship made a big difference in him getting a job offer Oct. of his senior year from another company.