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SJUCCESS Drive, determination, and a CSE education
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pay off for these young alumni
Written by KERMIT PATTISON
enna Shaw didn’t suffer much “I knew what I wanted to do,” said Fortunately, statistics show that the senior angst. Shaw, now a senior design engineer investment pays off for graduates of
with Medtronic. “I had everything CSE.
The engineering student didn’t
have to worry about what to do with on a plane to Hawaii. Then I came According to a survey of May 2015 her life after graduation. Four years back and started work.” graduates, 95 percent of 2015 grad- of diligent preparation left uates had a job or were enrolled in her with a resume bristling with Her case provides one example of a graduate school within six months quali cations: a major in biomedical broader phenomenon: graduates of of graduation. They found jobs at
engineering, an array of extracur- ricular accomplishments, research experience, and internships at major corporations. By midway through her senior year, she had two job offers.
the College of Science and Engineer- ing are quickly gaining traction in the professional world and making their degrees pay off. Students and families are painfully aware of the rising cost of higher education.
leading local companies includ- ing Boston Scienti c, 3M, Cargill, General Mills, Medtronic, St. Jude Medical, Ecolab, and many others. The average CSE student receives 1.75 job offers.
lined up...I graduated and hopped