HS Senior, have an opportunity to break into insurance sales with a highly successful agent, how much is this going to help me?
Like the title says, I am a high school senior with the opportunity to get my insurance license and begin working for one of the most successful state farm agencies in my region, while also getting high school credit through a "Work-Based Learning" program. I'm wondering if and how this will help me pursue IB internships while I'm enrolled in college, and if the experience is worthwhile for future job interviews. Currently have a 102.1 weighted GPA, and have wanted to pursue a career in IB my entire high school career. I'm planning on attending UGA and planning to break into NY through Corsairs society there, as I will not be able to afford UVA or UPenn due to being in my parents tax bracket and them not offering assistance (Won't qualify for FAFSA). Is this insurance thing going to be worthwhile, or should I just stick with taking a full AP courseload?
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It'll show that you're a go-getter having an internship so early but that's it, slightly more meaningful if you actually make some sales yourself. Insurance sales is not going to give you any significant leg up or experience relevant to investment banking. It's a totally unrelated industry that takes 0 prior experience to get into and accepts people with subpar academic background regularly. It also has 0 technical education, as it's pure sales vs you'll be an excel/PPT monkey at the early levels of IB. That's not to say you might not develop some soft skills and learn how to sell yourself in future interviews.
That's what I was thinking. I don't have any opportunities for a financial internship this early on, but figured it will show I at least have the drive to start working on a corporate resume this early, and the soft skills involved with sales.
If you're getting credit for it as well, I'd honestly take that over AP courses any day. No bank gives a crap what your course load is in college let alone high school, so weighing classes vs an internship that will also give you credit is a no-brainer.
Do the internship, learn as much as you can, and befriend your superiors so you can use them as solid references when you start recruiting for internships your freshman year.
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