Internship Search Anxiety

Hi all,

Looking for advice, reality check, anything really.

We're in mid-November and I still haven't been able to secure the all-important summer internship before my senior year. Just a bit of background on myself, I'm currently a junior attending a complete non-target in the southeast (what I mean by that is that my school has produced virtually no bankers). I have had internships with a couple of F500's in their finance departments and currently intern at a lower middle market investment bank while I go to class.

I'm just concerned at this stage in time that I might not be able to a summer analyst role, I haven't been able to advance past the first-round phone screens at 4 different banks and not sure where my next chance will come.

What should I do? Am I overthinking it? Is it still too early to count myself out?

Thanks in advance for any words of advice.

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I would start reaching out to local boutiques. BB/EB/MM are done at this point.

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  1. How have you not been able to get more interviews if you're currently interning at an IB?
  2. You need to seriously assess where you're going wrong in these first-round calls.
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