Still search of a summer job?

While deadlines for international travel grants or chic internships at Wall Street investment banking firms may have passed, it's not yet time to resign yourself to another summer of bookkeeping at Uncle Steve's dental practice.

And if you plan on heading to the Office of Career Services (OCS) in the days ahead, you won't be alone. According to an informal Crimson poll of 50 undergraduates, a full 60 percent don't yet know how they'll spend the summer of '97.

You Are Not Alone

"Please don't ask me this," cries Kristin M. Commito '98, when asked about her summer plans. "Do you realize how stressed this is making me?"

Although Commito was able to find work at OCS for last summer--when she wrote environmental proposals for IBM in Vermont--Commito is still having trouble planning this summer.

"The best way is to get on the ball early, but it's sort of hard in December to decide what you're doing," she says.

David A. Hopkins '99 is hoping his home city of Rochester, N.Y., will have the money to fund a summer position like the one he had two years ago at the city's assessment office.

For now, Hopkins is trying not to think about it.

"I haven't really got my act together yet," Hopkins says. "I figure I'll find something."

Similarly resigned is Julie M. Lau '00, who is seeking a position in biochemical research.

"I've just kind of accepted that the major deadlines were February 1st, and I'm not going to make that," says Lau. "The next deadline is March 1st, and I am hoping I'll make that."

Laura Winthrop '00, who was still updating her resume Thursday night, says she has tried OCS on several occasions but has yet to apply for any jobs.

"It's definitely a stress," says Winthrop, who hopes to work at an advertising firm in Boston.

"I was talking with my mom last night, and she was like, 'Is everything okay?'" relates Merry Jean Chan '97-'98. Chan, who started looking for a job in early September, says she also has been experiencing stress while waiting to hear from investment banks and consulting firms.