Im currently a sophomore majoring in economics at a target school (top 5) but I've been unable to land any finance internship. Up until now, my focus was on marketing but I've been a bit disenchanted with the field and would like to get into a finance/econ/statistics job after graduation. I think the most likely reason I haven't been getting any finance related internships is (1) I have a 3.2 GPA and (2) I don't have any finance background at all other than my econ major.
However, since I have a lot of experience in marketing, I've been able to land a marketing internship at a very prestigious advertising firm in San Francisco. Up until I got the offer, my plan was to take summer classes (hopefully boost my gpa up to a 3.3 or 3.4 starting junior year) and doing econ research on the side. I'm not really sure what I should do.
Pros of Marketing Internship
1) Real work experience at a highly reputable firm in the advertising world
2) Paid
3)In San Fransisco
Cons of Marketing Internship
1) Not a field I want to go into after graduation
2) Don't want to continue pigeonholing myself into this field
Pros of Summer Classes/RA work
1)Boost GPA up
2)Learn statistical skills like STATA, R, etc
Cons of Summer Classes/RA work
1) Missing out on work experience at a company
2) Tuition (although this isn't too big of an issue)
I guess my question is how will banks/companies view this marketing internship? Will they see it as a positive because I'm getting work experience in or will they question my desire to work in finance?
If you take the internship you're going to need an awesome pitch for why you're no longer pursuing marketing-related positions.
Do both. Completely serious. Find some classes you can take online.
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