business courses instead of internship

For the summer, I decided to take business/ finance courses instead of an unpaid internship on wall street cold calling people (very small firm). I want to go into investment banking, but is my decision the best choice? I've already paid for my classes and it's not worth it backing out now.

I'll be taking courses at my school (target). I thought that if I did the internship, I wouldn't be able to get much out of it. Instead, the finance courses might prepare me for a better internship in the future, meaning summer before junior year. Plus, it would boost my gpa, considering I did poorly first semester of freshman year.

 

Well, you see, what you do in an internship and how useful it is depends a lot on the internship. For example, I had a summer job at a hedge fund sitting next to the head compliance guy and we shared many a laugh. He bought his pot through some polish hookers, which made me conclude that compliance could be a boring job but could also be an interesting job, depending very much on the individual doing the job.

 
SpiderMonkeyOhYes:
Well, you see, what you do in an internship and how useful it is depends a lot on the internship. For example, I had a summer job at a hedge fund sitting next to the head compliance guy and we shared many a laugh. He bought his pot through some polish hookers, which made me conclude that compliance could be a boring job but could also be an interesting job, depending very much on the individual doing the job.

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Regardless of what you'd be doing having an extra internship on your resume would have been significantly more helpful than taking some classes. Your first couple of internships won't necessarily be the greatest experiences but they show your interest in finance much better than classes. Not to mention almost everyone has some sort of experience prior to their junior year, so previous internships are a must

 
leveRAGE.:
Regardless of what you'd be doing having an extra internship on your resume would have been significantly more helpful than taking some classes. Your first couple of internships won't necessarily be the greatest experiences but they show your interest in finance much better than classes. Not to mention almost everyone has some sort of experience prior to their junior year, so previous internships are a must

This. I am going on my second internship before my junior year and hoping I have enough to combat a lower gpa.

 
littleman:
I've already paid for my classes and it's not worth it backing out now.

If it's a final decision, do you want real input or do you want people to tell you that you've made the right decision?

One of those lights, slightly brighter than the rest, will be my wingtip passing over.
 

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