I guess I didn't explain my point well. I don't expect new grads to have "professional experience" (bad choice of words in my part), but a lot of companies expe

I guess I didn't explain my point well. I don't expect new grads to have "professional experience" (bad choice of words in my part), but a lot of companies expect them to have SOME sort of experience, be it an internship, open source stuff, personal projects, etc. You'd be surprised how many people don't code outside of class and if you think that's fine and companies should train then I agree with you but it's not the reality most students are living in.