How early should one arrive?

I have heard that with SA programs, one should always come early and leave late to make a good impression. If the normal time to get in is 9 am, how much earlier should I be showing up every day?

 
IlliniProgrammer:
Whatever you do, don't do what this girl from Cornell did in my 2006 SA program where she asked all of the kids from her school to meet her an hour early so they would make a good impression for Cornell. Then angrily texted people when they didn't show.
Talk about weird a little zealous and annoying. Great way to be most hated person
 
IlliniProgrammer:
Whatever you do, don't do what this girl from Cornell did in my 2006 SA program where she asked all of the kids from her school to meet her an hour early so they would make a good impression for Cornell. Then angrily texted people when they didn't show.

Ha, the best part about this is that they just straight up blew her off.

 
IlliniProgrammer:
Whatever you do, don't do what this girl from Cornell did in my 2006 SA program where she asked all of the kids from her school to meet her an hour early so they would make a good impression for Cornell. Then angrily texted people when they didn't show.

I dislike people like that.. I would 'usually' arrive fashionably late (9:45-10), take an hour for lunch + another hour for coffee and leave rather early (before midnight) and still received a return offer. Another intern in my group however would arrive by 9:00 and always stay late (2:00-3). He was in the army and was accustomed to waking up early though. He also got a FT offer.

 

Better idea.. leave a jacket on your chair at all times.. and arrive at 9:30am (no jacket on, obviously) with a notebook full of notes and look really stressed. Everyone will think you just came back from a meeting with a lot of things to do.

But this depends on if you work with multiple "bosses" and teams or not. If not, you will just look stupid and useless.

 
lionwater:
Better idea.. leave a jacket on your chair at all times.. and arrive at 9:30am (no jacket on, obviously) with a notebook full of notes and look really stressed. Everyone will think you just came back from a meeting with a lot of things to do.

But this depends on if you work with multiple "bosses" and teams or not. If not, you will just look stupid and useless.

I imagine this would only work if you were one of the last to leave the office the night before.

 

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