Career and Alumni Connections
Extern Program
Determining Placements
Placement Decision Announcement
You are responsible for checking the Decisions page on the target announcement
date. The link for that Round will take you to a page which, if you receive a
match, allows you to acknowledge the placement and gives instructions for completing
the Step 2 essays.
Our Goal
Unlike competitive job placement programs such as On-Campus Recruiting, we do
not try to find the "best candidate" for an externship. Rather, the overall goal
of the Cornell Extern Program is to extend the opportunity for at least one externship
to as many students as possible.
How it Works
To accomplish this goal, the computer program used to place students in externships
first identifies externships where there is only one applicant and places that
student in the externship (if s/he meets the sponsor's requirements). For example,
if a student applies for three externships and is the only applicant for their
third choice, they will automatically be placed in that externship. Filling externships
is a more important criteria than order of preference.
Matching Process
After single-applicant externships are filled, the placement process suggests
matches by considering: previous applications and prior extern participation (especially
if not placed), class year*, sponsor preferences, student choice and corresponding
college of sponsor to student. Then we review the introduction question responses
and resume
to determine whether it would be an appropriate match.
*Seniors who have not previously participated have highest priority. Juniors
and sophomores who were previously unmatched are considered before seniors who
have done at least one externship. Juniors and sophomores who have not previously
participated in a winter externship are considered equally.
Further Ties
In the case of further ties, applications are reviewed by a team of staff who
consider a variety of variables, primarily which student will benefit most from
the externship based on the student's application statement, previous exposure
to the career field, academic background, prior externship experience, etc.
Review of Placements
All placements are reviewed to ensure that:
- students meet all sponsor requirements;and have not previously completed that
sponsor's externship.
- the introduction questions are developed adequately enough to give the sponsor
direction
as to what the student hopes to gain from the experience and indicate the student's
interests are an appropriate fit for the externship;
- the students' CCNet Student Profiles are up-to-date; and
- that students have met their obligations in previous extern programs, including
completing an evaluation form.
Please note:
If the introduction responses are not well-developed, we will use our discretion
either to match the externship with another student or request a revision before
we confirm a match.
Seniors who have submitted resumes through on-campus recruiting to an organization
that is offering an externship will be withdrawn from that externship choice,
even if the externship is in a different city or division.
Round 2
Students who applied in Round 1 but were not placed will have priority for placement,
again by class year (e.g., juniors and sophomores who applied and were not placed
have priority over seniors who have had an externship previously). Students who
are are applying for the first time in Round 2 have priority over students placed
in an externship during previous years, including Round 1 applicants who want
a second externship.
2009 Overall Placement Results:
| Class Year | Applied | Placed | Placement Rate | | Senior | 134
| 101
| 75%
| | Junior | 221
| 178 | 81% | | Sophomore | 195 | 159
| 82% | Total
| 501
| 438
| 87%
|
2009 Round 1 Placement Results by Class Year and Choice Number:
Class Year
| Applied Round 1
| Placed Round 1
| Placed/1st Ch. | Placed/2nd Ch. | Placed/3rd Ch. | Placed/4th Ch.
| | Senior | 70 (17%)
| 56 (20%) | 43 (88%)
| 6 (6%)
| 4 (4%)
| 1 (4%)
| | Junior | 135 (33%)
| 114 (41%) | 63 (60%)
| 19 (28%)
| 13 (15%)
| 8 (2%)
| | Sophomore | 194 (48%)
| 107 (39%) | 62 (65%)
| 23 (19%)
| 7 (7%)
| 3 (9%)
| Total
| 399
| 277 (69%)
| 168 (42%)
| 48 (12%)
| 24 (6%)
| 12 (3%)
|
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