How much will freshman internships help with bad GPA (Sub 3.5)?
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Three summer internships is way too many - are these like 4 weeks each? Or are you double/tripling up on internships (that's a huge no-no in finance?).
Either way, less helpful than having just one quality one. You should have 1 longer internship, 8-10 weeks, MAYBE 2 but 3 internships are practically useless especially since they are all over the place on industry.
And those do not make up for GPA. You do get a bit more leeway at a target, but it would depend on how far below 3.5 you are... 3.42 is a lot different than 3.2. Sorry to be harsh but you need to really hustle to get GPA up in fall semester. Maybe take summer classes if your school offers them.
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I would pick whichever interests you most... know you wanted to use these to figure that out a bit but multiple internships at once at conflicting firms is a bad idea. Distressed/RX IB recruiting will probably not be in reach given how competitive that is. If you want IB I would probably stick with boutique IB, try to stretch that to 8 weeks or so.
Round to 3.5 is fine. For next semester I would load up on GPA booster classes - now is the time to take whatever core classes you can - history 101, intro to basketweaving etc. If you need any specific harder classes to stay on track that's fine, but intentionally give yourself a lighter load. Between recruiting and class you'll be busy and you want to make sure you have time for it.
Target or no target, as a non-diversity your GPA should be above 3.7 so focus on getting a perfect 4.0 this fall. Outside of that, I’d only do the boutique internship for the whole summer. You won’t impress anyone by having done 3 and the boutique is the only one that will help your IB technicals. With that GPA of yours, banks are going to have no mercy on your technicals!
wasted ur spot at a target lowkey
Unneeded hate. Keep your head up kid it's just a job. You'll be fine
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