<p>I just finished community college and i am transfering to va tech this fall. I would like to get an internship during the summer after my first year at tech. The only problem is that i heard that i you have to apply early in the fall semester for internships and since i’m transferring my gpa will start out at 0. Will i be able to find an internship with 0 as my gpa?</p>
<p>can you start in Summer semester? then you will have non-zero GPA by the time you apply for internships in Fall.</p>
<p>yes i will be taking an intro to engineering course over the summer</p>
<p>do a lot of students get internships after their sophomore year for engineering? Should i look for an internship or should i just take extra courses over the summer?</p>
<p>I transferred from cc to a state school that is much less known than VTech. Yes, you start out with a 0 GPA, so you just don’t list your VTech GPA on your resume, but you can list your cc GPA. </p>
<p>The internships I applied to and interviewed at took place in the spring (Feb-April), so I had a GPA by then. I got several internship offers even though I’m a sophomore. In fact, I think I got the most in my class, even though I am just a transfer! </p>
<p>Right now, I am interning and making twice what I did as a cashier. It’s great!</p>
<p>Goodluck!</p>
<p>The 0 Va Tech GPA isn’t really accurate, since that will also mean 0 class hours.</p>
<p>Simply list on your resume that you are now in your first year of Va Tech, include that you went to your cc (and if you got your associates, list that) - when listing your gpa, all you say is your cc gpa.</p>
<p>i’m glad to hear that people start applying during spring semester. Also did any of you guys have to travel far for your internships? I live near dc so i hope i can find one near there.</p>
<p>I think you’ll be fine. I’m sure there are plenty of opportunities near DC, or any major city.
I live in a rural, agricultural area, so there are almost no engineering opportunities that are less then 45 minutes away for me. I’d say anywhere that you can commute to in an hour or under is pretty good.</p>