Timeline for Applying for Freshman Internships
Around when should I be applying for freshman internships? I've got a list of about 30-40 that I can at least apply to. Should I submit the application before or after first semester grades? Should I wait until the opportunity (maybe) appears on our careers site or just email some of the firms directly that suggest one of the previous two options? For reference, I'm looking for finance internships with heaviest preference given for small hedge funds and asset managers (my field of interest, I love investing and equity research and did an ER internship this summer), then small PE and IB companies.
Go and Enjoy life. People don’t care where you interned in your freshman year. You will not be doing real work it’s all bs. Go party, have sex, do something for crying out loud.
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I’m interested in interning for several reasons freshman year, some of them for this weird “enjoying life” thing you talked about. First and foremost, I definitely want to intern to put stuff on my resume, gain skills in finance, etc. But I also want to check out cool cities (lived in the suburbs my whole life) and hopefully I’ll be able to coordinate with my girlfriend and whatever she’s doing in the summer and we can stay in the same city, same apartment, have some fun.
Ditch the girl. Unless she is for sure “the one”, it’s not worth it. There are plenty of fish in the sea. Enjoy college man
I would apply to most small PE and IB companies now by trying to network your way in. Immediately after a semester of grades, then apply to the 30 or 40 that you have.
How should I try to network in? Is LinkedIn a good method? I was also definitely going to gun for hedge funds and this type of role for this summer because I think I’d enjoy that more, thinking maybe next summer I could try for some of the more structured IB programs (I kind of qualify for diversity programs? It really depends what they’re looking for). So should I try to network my way into these smaller hedge funds? Thanks so much for the helpful response.
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