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These questions are asked repeatedly so go check out the ‘engineering’ forum on CC where you should find responses.</p>
<p>Alright so next year I’m planning on trying to get an internship. What are the typical timelines for internships here at UCLA since we’re on the quarter system? From what I’ve gathered, there seems to be 2 hiring periods, one early on in like october/november and one later in like january/february. </p>
<p>Can anyone who has tried to get an internship and gone to the career fairs give a little background on basically the time periods that you either first submitted your resume or applied for a position, got an interview, then got an offer for the position? Or can someone detail the process who has done it before? I know that there are the career fairs, but do you just basically handout your resumes to these companies and submit your resumes on bruinview and just hope that someone calls you to ask for an interview?</p>
<p>I’m going to be a third year CS&E major next year and I’m still kind of confused by this whole process and what exactly we need to do. Also, for those who did get internships, did you get them through the engineering career fairs here at UCLA or through some other means?</p>
<p>I’d PM MadeInChina, he can help if he has time. I can’t respond in enough detail here and am feeling lazy but I can probably talk to you post finals week about getting internships if no one else has offered anything.</p>
<p>@imrightuarewrong: i’d be willing to talk to you face-to-face or online in detail since i could probably give you more information than you’d want to know. </p>
<p>live in the dorms? i’ll take a swipe :)</p>
<p>please MIChina, just post your thoughts here :D</p>
<p>well since i’m still on the lookout for my missing backpack, i’ll just post a quick thought for now.</p>
<p>students will be doing most of their internship hunting during winter quarter. lots of infosessions and career fairs will be held by student orgs + career center. however, don’t be discouraged if you don’t have a internship by spring quarter. i actually just had an on-site interview last week (flew up to norcal) and i have a phone screen next week. spots are still opening as summer approaches (sony just opened positions 2-3 weeks back).</p>
<p>i’ll post a more structured and informative post when things settle down.</p>
<p><— Takes swipes as well. Is it time for a dorm dinner?</p>
<p>Ok cool thanks MadeInChina. Also, on a kind of side note, how much does it impact getting an internship if you really haven’t worked on too many projects outside of your classes? </p>
<p>I haven’t helped with open source projects or anything of that nature since I only began really programming freshman year and I have never really been too sure of what exactly I should be working on with regards to programming outside of classes and I don’t really feel like I have the experience yet to contribute greatly to any one project. </p>
<p>Any additional thoughts on the impacts on getting an internship of not having too many extracurricular activities with respect to programming?</p>
<p>Or also on top of that, are there any outside of school activities that you can recommend like working on open source projects that would look good on a resume or just increase programming skills overall?</p>
<p>great questions.</p>
<p>personally, i’ve never worked on a project outside of class. i don’t have a huge passion for coding/programming. i mostly chose CSE as a major to learn how to think and how to analyze problems. however, having programming experience on side-projects will DEFINITELY help you lots if you’re looking for a coding internship. i know some people who have their iPhone apps featured on gizmodo and they’re pretty much set.</p>
<p>however, if you haven’t had any programming experience outside of class (like me), it won’t hurt you. in an interview, you will frequently be asked to discuss a project you’ve worked on and some of the obstacles that you came across. you can definitely talk about a class project (i always talk about my CS32 Project 3).</p>
<p>side-note: i recently got a blackberry and fell in love with it so i’m actually thinking about starting a group with some blackberry friends to develop apps for the BB community. think about what your interested in (hacking games, websites, apps) and maybe you can find some friends with the same interest and start something new.</p>
<p>side-side-note: i think a dorm dinner is a great idea, especially since everyone has unique interests and it’d be a lot easier to communicate in person.</p>
<p>Btw, Deuces is the go-to man if you’re interested in consulting or would like to know more about consulting.</p>
<p>Psh, I can handle a bit of the IT work too. I would search out open source projects, maybe look at Google’s Summer of Code. Also… Bruin Consulting is looking for someone to help code/manage the website (esp. template), so if you know CSS, XHTML, and have some familiarity with Drupal or other CMS’s like Joomla!, holler.</p>
<p>k Deuces is the go-to man for life in general. think he knows more technical stuff than me lol.</p>
<p>now you’re just trying to flatter me.</p>
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<p>Will you bring some cute TBP girls too? :)</p>
<p>I got the standard provisional conctract (maintain 2.00 gpa in the spring and report any Ds or Fs):</p>
<p>The grades I got in the spring are:</p>
<p>Intro to Circuits B
Statics C
Speech D
History of Russia D</p>
<p>GPA: 1.8</p>
<p>My major is electrical engineering.</p>
<p>And Erkii Corpuz said he won’t cancel my admission. I’m still admitted 
I think it’s because I had all of my pre-reqs finished by Fall 08, and also because I prayed hard to the lord.</p>
<p>The funny thing is that UCSD and UCSB canceled my admission. I feel like a million bucks.</p>
<p>Erkii’s a funny guy, hanging out with his Anderson buddies at FB games and handing out jello shots… haha</p>
<p>He’s my favorite person right now.</p>
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<p>I didn’t go to any of the career fairs this year, which means I didn’t get any of the cool pens and stuff animals :(. I think they’re a waste of time anyway, unless you know the rep personally or have a mutual friend. Most reps just tell you to create an online profile and apply online. </p>
<p>I haven’t really used BruinView, I created a profile and just forgot about it. The best way to go about it is to simply apply directly on the company’s website. I think that info sessions and the SWE Evening with Industry thing is a better way of getting a job because you get to talk to a rep and they might give you their contact information. You’ll be amazed at how many students don’t bother to contact them. So go to one of those events, get the contact info, email them a resume and cover letter soon after, and wait to hear back from them. If they don’t respond, then send them a follow up because some of them actually have a lot of email to go through.</p>
<p>Anyway, I got a summer job with a aerospace company. I applied in late January and had an interview in late March. I got a reply about a week later.</p>
<p>Hey colleclassof2013. Sorry about replying back to you so late. </p>
<p>I am a second year Chemical Engineering student with an environmental option. I have finished Chem E100 (Mass Flow), Chem E102A (Thermo I) and currently taking ChemE102B (Thermo II).</p>
<p>Personally, I feel rankings are just rankings. Whatever they put into the equation to calculate which schools are ranked Top 10 could be extremely irrelevant to your education.</p>
<p>Rankings definitely will not hinder you about finding a job. Employment out of state mainly depends on your employer. At the AIChE Career Fair (which you should totally go to in the fall because it is awesome), many large corporations actually ask if you are willing to work outside of California because there are more spaces open elsewhere. So if you want to work elsewhere, you are actually at an advantage. Although, it might be harder if you want to specifically work in New York.</p>
<p>Before you decide about graduate school, ask yourself what you want to do with a Chem E degree? Do you want to go into management? Do you want to do research? Do you want a technical job?</p>
<p>So far, I enjoy the chemical engineering program at UCLA. It is very theoretical but most of the teachers and teacher assistants are very helpful. Students are very willing to study together. The chemical engineering professors are not the best. It is difficult for the class to understand 100% of what the professors are teaching but remember, it is not always the professors fault, the material is just hard to understand. Also, we have a handful of professors in MANY fields. Professor Liao researches about biofuels. Professor Chang researches about semiconductors. Professor Cohen researches about water. There is a good mix of professors to help you find what you want to do after graduation.</p>
<p>For some reason or another, Chemical Engineering usually is labeled the hardest major at HSSEAS. You do get respect but at the price of a lowered GPA compared to other engineering majors.</p>
<p>Hope that helps,
xnanodax</p>
<p>anyone have old CS31 Finals that I can study off of?</p>
<p>or where is a good place to get practice problems that are similar to test ones?</p>