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We are sorry that you had a negative experience with our representative. Although we try to give each person quality time at job fairs, we are limited in the attention we can dedicate to each individual since so many people attend and we often have lines of people waiting to talk with us. It is true that only a small percentage of our interns are underclassmen, but when they approach us we try to take a brief moment to give them advice and guidance about what classes they should take and the kinds of projects they should get involved with to position them for future roles in our company. We usually get good feedback from this practice and often have students come back a year later who have taken that advice, and as a result have had experiences that prepare them well for their internship at Intuitive Surgical. In this case our advice clearly did not come off in the way it was intended and we’re sorry it created an impression that you were talked down to. We truly enjoy and value our interaction with university students, both at campus events and with our interns each summer.