Does a PE internship help down the line?

CBSWannabe:

given your two options, internship vs sit on your ass, i think you know the answer.

Well, I should clarify. I would TA for a class if I don't accept the internship. Meaning, I would either do 5 hours of work a week or 20 hours of work a week for roughly the same pay. Further, I have interned two straight years through college and it would be nice to have a semi-lazy college year.

I'm leaning towards the internship as I'm interested in the field. But, as I said, it would be nice for once to have some free time to pursue other hobbies.

SirTradesaLot]Aren't you the Head of North American M&amp;A at <span class=keyword_link><a href=//www.wallstreetoasis.com/company/ubs-ag>UBS</a></span>? So sad that you need to also get an internship to make ends meet.</p> <p>[quote=LHDan][quote=SirTradesaLot][quote=wsobanker123:

BlackHat:

wsobanker123:

Anyone else doing IBD at JPM?

Nope, small class this year... just the two of us. Hope we get our groups :) UBS" first. They looked puzzled and said that was another bank. I told them we all knew it was only a matter of time before JPMorgan bought them. We all laughed. They then made me head of North American M&A.

it's rough out there, man. Real rough.

Febreeze:

Do the TA, let me get the contact info for the PE firm. Easy.

Alright. Their number is 281-330-8004. Give them a call.

Beny23:

internship might be a great way in, other thing you should consider is IB internship and later full time for 2 years. I was told by few MDs of PE funds that they requitre 2 years of IB experience

I have a BB SA position this summer with a group with an extremely high conversion rate. Further I've spent a year at a local M&A boutique, a semester at a hedge fund, and a semester doing PWM. I'm more concerned with the later jump to the buyside and trying to think if there is anything I can do now that might help my chances. I'd assume that an internship would help some. However, I'm curious if a MF or top MM fund is really going to care a whole lot about a part-time internship during undergrad. If they don't care very much, I'd rather spend my time enjoying my senior year than working as I have done for two years while taking a full courseload and doing EC crap.

fifteen:

Cant tell if trolling

Not trolling. I'm going to guess that your vote is for doing the internship.

Apparently I'm being dense here or something?

SirTradesaLot:

It really won't matter given everything else you have done. Internship experience doesn't matter that much once you have full time experience. Assuming you get a full time offer at your summer gig, I would chill the fuck out and enjoy my last year of school if I was in your shoes.

+1. Thanks for the advice.