How Best to Utilize My Summer?

Hello all,

Before reading I just wanted to thank you for your input and/or insight! The reason I post here is because this is my end goal as a career and anything that I can do to prepare, the better - especially now that I have time! I've heard top students (e.g. Harvard, MIT, etc.) do a surprising amount of preparing for this industry (if they're interested), and contextually I'm not enrolled in one of those top universities. With some b/g info, I have ~5 semesters left of undergrad and I haven't had an internship pertinent to this industry, yet.

I have about 2 months "free" of time where I'm not in classes, from now until the 18th of July. I was debating what I should do with the time, I've taken a day trip and have planned two other quick vacations just to gain some sanity back, but I feel like I'm wasting my time "relaxing". I have a part-time job that isn't relatively challenging, so as a result, the remaining 100 hours or so per week I have "free" I find it hard to do something not productive (read: playing games, hanging out with friends that aren't esp. motivated or watching YouTube). I usually try to read a book every 2-4 weeks, so I'm not necessarily wasting the summer away being lazy, but I feel stagnant just sitting here, not learning the most I can or progressing towards this goal. Among other things, I can gather a couple of options:

  • Study for GMAT
  • Study Cases (Where could I find some?)
  • Add some books to my reading list that would supplement my learning (Recommendations?)
  • Get a head start on some esp. technical classes I'm taking next semester

Thanks so much, again!

3 Comments
 

Try starting a little business or something that can give you "in the field" experience. I used to read books but it was useless if I didn't apply some of the stuff I learnt. With the business, don't worry about making money. Instead you should keep a diary of all the problems you are going through and try to note down how you solved them.

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Go have some fun? You're not likely to have two full prime summer months open very often (if at all). You should have plenty of time to both have a little fun and do a bit of preparation/studying/reading.

 

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