As a freshman when should I apply for sophomore internships?

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im a freshman currently and I was wondering when is the timeline for sophomore internships? I know you apply the year before the actual internship but I was wondering what actual months do you usually start applying? If you had a bad gpa (2.8) first semester of college will it become harder to get a internship sophomore year

tutran · Accepted Answer

6-9 months in advance.

Btw, with that bad GPA, try hard the second semester (made it to the Dean's List), then use that to leverage your profile to get an internship this summer. Retake some classes this summer while interning part-time. Don't do FT internship since you won't have time to retake classes.

WildBill222 · Answer

I'll be honest with you, I am not the person to ask for time frame things. I am still completely confused with the time frames of applications, follow up emails, interviews, laterals, everything... But, if there is one thing I have taken away from this forum, it is to network a lot. So personally I am networking really heavily right now. I am not networking for a specific position or internship, I am simply finding contact info(name, possible email address, basic info, etc) of alumni from my university through LinkedIn.

WildBill222 · Answer

Based off of what I have seen on other threads, I would start applying for 2018 summer internships asap. I believe most BB and EB have already completed their recruiting. Getting an internship at a boutique is probably still doable. I read on a different thread that there are rumors about BB already starting their recruiting process for 2019 SA positions.

WildBill222 · Answer

Sorry for the confusion! I like to clarify what summer I am talking about, i.e. currently a sophomore looking for SA position for summer 2018. Doesn't matter though. As far as I know, BB, EB, and Top MM are probably all filled up at this point as I already said in previous comment. As a freshman I am not 100% sure what type of internships are available/best for you. I would try talking to alumni from your school and see if they have a track that they took to get into IB. If you do get in touch with someone, you could attempt to emulate that track.

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