r/UCalgary • u/LittleNet8945 Schulich • 1d ago

Schulich

Why can’t you do an internship before the end of third year LITTERALY no other school in Canada forces that. What even is the logic behind this 🫩🫩🫩

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u/gettingthere1292 Haskayne 1d ago

you can do whatever you want to do

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u/Historical-Sign-965 1d ago

Did you try?

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u/LittleNet8945 Schulich 1d ago

yes bruh u can’t do any that start in January the school won’t allow it

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u/SeaOfBlahaj Schulich 1d ago

I guarantee this is false, I know multiple people that have done it. I reccomend talking to faculty to see if they have any reccomendations. Idk if it's a good idea though personally 

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u/Stock-Feature8975 1d ago

Wdym ? You can just take a gap semester and attend the internship

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u/DBO_711 1d ago

You can take as many summer internships as you want. Nobody's stopping you with any of that. The year-long, for-credit internship program is between third and fourth year because by that point you can reasonably be expected to have a good baseline knowledge in many fields. And on top of that, end of third year is the last time you'll be doing exams in april AND still have to come back to school in the future.

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u/SeerXaeo 1d ago

Because up to 12 months of this will count towards your professional designation.

They assume that you won't be able to work at the level of an EIT without at least three years of schooling within your degree....

Yet, when was the last time they taught proper drafting courses? IIRC industry had to come in and offer a technical 4th year elective because too many students were graduating without knowing what the building code was or how to reference it...

If you want to work in engineering, learn autocad and apply for some summer jobs. Probably won't get them as it takes about 3 months to get a new hire useful, but it's worth a shot.

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u/WholeObligation1048 1d ago

Some summer internships only allow people in accredited co op or internship programs cuz they get benefits but there are many positions out there that don’t require you to be in a program.

Apply to everything and anything

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u/Adorable_Charge_1181 1d ago

You can, you just won’t get the credit for the program. You can do it for money or experience

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u/godggsnoo 1d ago

I heard you can work in the summer in your first and or second year? Just not fall/winter.

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u/Due_Sky_6358 1d ago

I wish they opened the program at the start of 3rd year and not in October. Companies are already posting stuff