[Student] CS Major at T10 getting absolutely thrashed by internship applications. Not exactly sure how to move forward.
I'm a 3rd year US-born Georgia Tech transfer student that's been applying nonstop to software engineering intern roles non-stop since around January and boy has this been depressing. I've been applying primarily to roles in the Atlanta metropolitan area but have expanded to pretty much across the US as well at this point. I understand that SWE has been a very competitive and cutthroat field the past few years but not landing even a single recruiter screen while attending a target school such as GT has been kind of dumbfounding. Each of the 100+ applications I've sent out has either been a ghost or flat out rejection. I'm suspecting my resume might be lacking in some specific areas that is marking me as uncompetitive to against the ATS. Any advice would be greatly appreciated because I am genuinely going through it here.
Posted Feb 20, 2026, 6:36 PM UTC