I'd go so far as to say, at least within tech, your primary goal during undergrad is securing one or more internships. I look at internships before grades and

I'd go so far as to say, at least within tech, your primary goal during undergrad is securing one or more internships. I look at internships before grades and the school. When I interview fresh grads, if they have internships, that's what we talk about. When I have interns on my team, my goal is to hire them. At one large tech firm I was at, we had a goal of hiring 50% of our internship pool. It was the primary way we brought in new talent.