Too late to find internships?
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on 5/13/12 at 12:39pm
When is it officially time to give up hope if you couldn't find an internship? Are all spots at boutiques taken end of April? May? June? When is the latest you've ever heard of someone grabbing an internship for any aspects of finance including Wealth Management? I'm a frosh and will still be looking after I got screwed over by a firm who last minute cut my offer





2 interviews next week with
2 interviews next week with comms trading, so definitely not too late.
The HBS guys have MAD SWAGGER. They frequently wear their class jackets to boston bars, strutting and acting like they own the joint. They just ooze success, confidence, swagger, basically attributes of alpha males.
you are very late (perhaps
you are very late (perhaps not completely too late for pwm), and I'm sorry to hear that you got dicked over
You might be able to find an
You might be able to find an unpaid gig somewhere, but it's going to be difficult. I would cold call all the PWM offices in your area and see if they will take you on. Any connections you can leverage? I don't think there is much for formal recruiting still going on at this point.
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Just get a job. It doesnt
Just get a job. It doesnt even have to be finance. Funny as it sounds, just showing that you are willing to work ft hours during your frosh summer will help you.
I was shoveling mulch then. Things work out.
Leadership can be defined in two words: "Follow Me"
I got my offer last week but
I got my offer last week but it's also a bit of a different situation, as the company is a board member for the trading program I'm in and needed an intern last minute. I was going to just take classes as this would make me graduate with 6 internships though.
i got an internship in June
i got an internship in June in my Sophomore year. Never too late till the end of June
You're a freshman, so it's
You're a freshman, so it's not the end of the world if you don't intern this summer, though it would definitely be helpful if you did.
Personally, I wouldn't give up on trying to find a finance internship yet - but I'd start trying to line up a backup job, or perhaps some relevant finance research work for a professor on campus, in the meantime.
Thanks everyone, it sounds
Thanks everyone, it sounds like I may still have a slim shot after all. It's good to hear that I'm not the first person who got stuck in this situation before haha
I just had 2 follow up questions
Would there be any point in applying online to companies? On a job search engine I found, there were a couple of corp finance jobs just posted by companies within the past 3 days and I was wondering whether it would be worth it to apply online?
Also, would you ever pay out of your pocket to get PWM out of state? or is that not worth it, as in taking classes/bagging groceries at home would be better than that
I'd be applying to everything
I'd be applying to everything you can find, including online. You should also try to follow-up with everything you're applying for, a few days after sending in your application, over the phone. I've sent off applications before that I'm pretty sure weren't looked at until a week later when I called and asked about my status. Emails and online forms can easily be missed or ignored.
As for paying out of pocket to do PWM in another state - it depends on your financial situation. I think that having some finance experience freshman summer is really valuable, though, and can pay you back in the long-term.
asiamoney: I'd be applying to
I'd be applying to everything you can find, including online. You should also try to follow-up with everything you're applying for, a few days after sending in your application, over the phone. I've sent off applications before that I'm pretty sure weren't looked at until a week later when I called and asked about my status. Emails and online forms can easily be missed or ignored.
As for paying out of pocket to do PWM in another state - it depends on your financial situation. I think that having some finance experience freshman summer is really valuable, though, and can pay you back in the long-term.
Experience after freshman year can help you leverage other opportunities, which can all snowball into more and more opportunities. IE, you got into a good program at school cause you had it, then since you had both of those you got something after sophomore year, then cause you had all that you crushed your junior year interviews, etc..