Hello, I am a student, I graduated in 2017 and since then I have been freelancing. I am planning to

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Hello, I am a student, I graduated in 2017 and since then I have been freelancing. I am planning to study in the US for the term fall 2018. The colleges I have shortlisted have masters degree program with the duration of 10 months to 1 year, there are few universities like Purdue which starts their program in summer 2018 and few in fall. I wanted to know if there is a disadvantage in doing such course as I have no relevant work experience. How hard will it be for me to find an internship? Do companies accept interns apart from the summer term?

Ketav Majumdar · Answer

1 one year programs  are professional development courses. They consist of leadership courses, related theory courses in the field and some management courses. Your can intern in other terms but your visa will be a problem in terms of its validity. Essentially your visa will expire before you complete the course should you want to do an internship before graduating. Chances are you’ll be doing classes every term as it’s a 1 year program.

Ketav Majumdar · Answer

Usually big coops are in fall or spring terms. Summer coops are more like 3 months but the fall and spring coops are like 4 months.

Ketav Majumdar · Answer

The main career and co op fairs happen in Fall and Spring it won’t be a problem finding one but getting it will be one. It isn’t easy.

Ishan Mishra · Answer

@ketav  Hey, I am planning to do masters in business or data analytics. These are STEM courses and they will be teaching Programming languages such as R, SAS etc, there is not enough theory and there will be one capstone project. The major concern is I will be doing classes in the summer term and I have no idea that how difficult will it be to find an internship in other terms apart from summer.

Ishan Mishra · Answer

@maximus007 Thanks a lot. Let's hope for the best.

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