Freshman Summer Internship at Morgan Stanley FINANCIAL ADVISING Office

Hey guys! Sorry if this is an elementary question. My dad's close friend happens to be a financial advisor for Morgan Stanley in an office in Connecticut. I currently am an incoming Finance major at UConn and would like to ultimately have a job in investment banking in NYC upon graduation. While I was doing a bit of research, I learned that obviously getting any sort of finance internship as a college freshman is extremely hard to come by due to a lack of skills; many people on Reddit & WSO recommend getting an unpaid internship at a small boutique or interning at a commercial bank when being a college freshman.

Regardless my question is this: I can get this internship for summer 2022 at a Morgan Stanley Financial Advising Office. Is this internship worth getting, even if it's not in the sector of Investment Banking? (Investment Banking is my sole goal) (sorry if this is a stupid question, just started to learn)

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Nah bro I would say go for it. Search fund internships are iffy on what you can learn. If it has any sort of work with financials that you can spin into a story later, it's worth it

 

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