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[effzee]

ok so im about to be a senior in college and i just realized im fucked. im a bio-engineer major, but we are the first class of bio engineers at our university so we are sort of the guinea pig class. besides that i have yet to land a single engineering internship, my gpa is close to going below 3.0, and im afraid that after graduating i wont be able to find a job.


anyone in a similar situation? how fucked am i? i applied to many internships and got not one.

im sitting at home for the summer...still waiting from some and working but its completely unrelated to my major.

 

[Escape Goat]

college means nothing. you'll learn all you need to know soon as you land your first job.

 

[themadcowtipper]

how doomed am i?

You are the virtual boy of handhelds that is how doomed you are...................................not really...things will be fine once you get some hands on...

 

[Particle Physicist]

bio-engineering can be a hard field to break into.. push very hard for that internship.. it will help you immensely. . you might even need to suffer through an internship after you graduate, i know plenty of people that had to do that before they landed their first real job.

 

[ToxicAdam]

If it makes you feel any better, I have a friend who graduated in your field from Clemson with a 3.7 GPA. He couldn't find any work either, so he went on to grad school and became a professor.

 

[human5892]

I'm in the same situation, but with a different major. I just can't seem to land an internship and now my senior year is almost upon me.

Boo-urns.

 

[Solo]

As doomed as this guy.

 

[effzee]

If it makes you feel any better, I have a friend who graduated in your field from Clemson with a 3.7 GPA. He couldn't find any work either, so he went on to grad school and became a professor.

how is that supposed to make me feel better???


hmm grad school...i wanted to work first, earn something, help the parents out and then go back for grad.

funny thing is all i hear from ppl and even some of my professors is that this field is blowing up but i dont see it. if i had landed a internship this summer i might be feeling a bit more secure.

 

[DDayton]

Eh. I got my English degree just as my state ran out of money for teachers.

Preparing for grad school, I am. With a Masters (and, eventually, a doctorate), I'll be able to at least find a job working as an ESL teacher at a community college.

 

[slayn]

getting a job has less to do with what you did at college and more with who you know.

I graduated with honors in engineering from one of the best engineering schools in the country and I couldn't find a job either until my dad got me one.

so are you doomed? depends on who you know...

 

[MrAngryFace]

Agreed, most people dont have jobs their degree pertains to.

 

[ronito]

Agreed, most people dont have jobs their degree pertains to.

I agree. I make it a point not to get a degree in anything I'd get a job in (I have the wierd philosophy that education is to make you and/or the world better not to get you money. I'm idealist I know). However, it's not the end of the world. Keep pushing for an internship. Make contacts, go to conferences, etc...it's really more about who you know than what you know. Talk to the alumni, they will help out too.

 

[MrAngryFace]

Most of America's jobs exist in the service industry sadly. Most of the people who populate GAF are gifted in terms of the jobs they have. MOST of the rest of us, however will make around 30k a year and learn to live with it cause you know what? If the bills are paid, youre reasonably comfortable, and have some friends around, who the fuck cares how fancy pants your job is. Yer gonna die anyway.

 

[open_mouth_]

It could be worse. You could be dead.

 

[Wellington]

My class was a guinea pig class in my school as well. My major is mechanical engineering, but they threw a lot of electrical and chemical engineering classes and principles at us. In a way I am better for it, but my GPA was fucked because of a bum fluid mechanics class that should have been split in two. I am forever cursed by my 2.96 GPA. :|

 

[Particle Physicist]

funny thing is all i hear from ppl and even some of my professors is that this field is blowing up but i dont see it. if i had landed a internship this summer i might be feeling a bit more secure.

the field is blowing up.. but, for some reason, its hard getting an entry level position in the field. . try getting an internship for one of your semesters.. or even the summer after you graduate. push for it hard. trust me, it will help you land a job easier.

My class was a guinea pig class in my school as well. My major is mechanical engineering, but they threw a lot of electrical and chemical engineering classes and principles at us. In a way I am better for it, but my GPA was fucked because of a bum fluid mechanics class that should have been split in two. I am forever cursed by my 2.96 GPA. :|

i was in a similar situation.. i got a 2.99 . how frustrating is that? i did graduate with two degrees though.

 

[dmann]

Don't feel too bad. I'm in the same situation as you are, however I've come to terms that whatever I try to do now won't help. I rather not delay my graduation in Dec. just to secure an internship. And even if I make a 4.0 in the Fall (very unlikely), my gpa will only rise by a small amount. So in the end, I will be graduating from Georgia Tech w/ a low gpa and no internships or experience. Am I doom? Probably...

 

[effzee]

how cripling is a 2.9 gpa?


and am i like acclaim doomed?


or nintendo doomed?

 

[MrAngryFace]

most people get less than that haha. Also GPA isnt THAT crucial or important. I got a 3.8 through college. Doesnt mean im super smart, just means I took all the right classes

Like I said, find what makes you happy. Of course if that happens to be finding a badass uber paying job, youre doomed.

 

[Mupepe]

not doomed at all. just do what people said about pushing for an internship. GPA isn't the make or break thing. Also, I agree that your first job will teach you most of the stuff you really need to know in your field. when you get out of college, you should have the book smarts. your first job will teach you how to utilize and how to hate the field you chose. haha i kid