No Sophomore Summer Internship, Feel Like An Idiot Doing Everything Wrong

compmom
Wed, 16 Jun 2021 11:44:16 +0000

Humanities majors at Ivies have lots of job prospects when they graduate, even without a prior internship. I know English majors who worked in consulting or for big tech companies (not in a CS capacity), You will do fine.

I am concerned that you view medicine and law as the only viable paths. This may be your family culture. If you graduate from an Ivy you will have many job opportunities, and the job market does not always fall into those neat categories. Be open to possibilities, of which there are many.

Finally I hope you can see a counselor to help you with the pressures from your father. I don’t mean to disrespect him but clearly his expectations are having a negative impact on your self-esteem.

Study what you are interested in and what you are good at, and have faith that you will have a job you like. You don’t have to know right now what that might be.

I hope the new school is a better fit as well.