No offers... what now?

I've applied to a bunch of internships at the most competitive firms and despite receiving interviews (both first round and final/superday rounds), I was not fortunate enough to receive an actual offer for an internship this summer. With recruiting season seemingly over for most of the big name firms, what should I do next?

Are there more good opportunities and internships that I can apply to this winter/spring or did I miss my chance this year?

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For consulting, there probably aren't any internships left this year. That's okay, you can recruit FT if you get something else decent this summer

You need to find which F500s/other good companies recruit for interns during spring cycle from your school and start preparing. You really really need to get something or you're kind of screwed, so don't go into with an assumption that it'll be easy whatsoever just because it isn't consulting

 

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