College students: what is your main focus this summer?

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N/A - I'm not a college student

20% (106 votes)

SA internship

24% (131 votes)

Other Finance-related internship or job (paid)

15% (81 votes)

Other Finance-related internship (unpaid)

9% (47 votes)

Working (non finance related)

9% (49 votes)

Full-time at school

6% (31 votes)

International Travel

2% (13 votes)

Beach / parties / having a goood time

12% (67 votes)

Other

3% (17 votes)

Total votes: 542

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1118

TNA

1099

CompBanker

873

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742

IlliniProgrammer

726

UFOinsider

635

TheKing

620

BlackHat

566

Nouveau Richie

420

rufiolove

416

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14373

TNA

13515

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12073

UFOinsider

10347

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9621

IlliniProgrammer

9244

CompBanker

8507

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5862

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