I disagree, I think the real estate business is the way to go. Your freshman summer is all about your experience. Getting to do actual work and see the process would be great to talk about and an awesome learning experience.
Both sound like good opportunities but the business broker internship just sounds like you will get a better experience and learn more. Nobody really cares about brand name your freshman summer (unless you are working at some insane firm) so I would definitely recommend that one.
In my experience, freshman year internships hold very little weight unless it is something truly unique. In most cases you will be doing more training/grunt work than any actual value add stuff as your experience is so limited. With that being said, having IB on the resume in any capacity will likely be more helpful for IB recruiting than RE. At the end of the day it is unlikely to make a big difference either way, go with whatever shop you would prefer to work at and think will give you the best experience.
IB if you're sure you want to do IB, but RE if there's even a possibility you want to end up in RE.
I interned at a small boutique like the one you mentioned my freshman year and didn't do anything. Literally, I did nothing. I think I spent 10 hours the entire summer on some bullshit market research and an easy project. These shops tend to really struggle with deal flow.
With that being said, the IB experience in addition to knowing technicals allowed to to talk myself up in networking calls/interviews. I embellished a bit, but focused on the boutiques general overview and steered away from specifics on what I did.
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Thank you for the reply though!
Although you would learn way more and probably enjoy the RE one more, if you’re end goal is IB, then it makes the most sense to go for the banking one
I disagree, I think the real estate business is the way to go. Your freshman summer is all about your experience. Getting to do actual work and see the process would be great to talk about and an awesome learning experience.
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Both sound like good opportunities but the business broker internship just sounds like you will get a better experience and learn more. Nobody really cares about brand name your freshman summer (unless you are working at some insane firm) so I would definitely recommend that one.
In my experience, freshman year internships hold very little weight unless it is something truly unique. In most cases you will be doing more training/grunt work than any actual value add stuff as your experience is so limited. With that being said, having IB on the resume in any capacity will likely be more helpful for IB recruiting than RE. At the end of the day it is unlikely to make a big difference either way, go with whatever shop you would prefer to work at and think will give you the best experience.
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IB if you're sure you want to do IB, but RE if there's even a possibility you want to end up in RE.
I interned at a small boutique like the one you mentioned my freshman year and didn't do anything. Literally, I did nothing. I think I spent 10 hours the entire summer on some bullshit market research and an easy project. These shops tend to really struggle with deal flow.
With that being said, the IB experience in addition to knowing technicals allowed to to talk myself up in networking calls/interviews. I embellished a bit, but focused on the boutiques general overview and steered away from specifics on what I did.
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Sunt quisquam consequatur reprehenderit ex molestias eum. Est harum libero eos dolorum doloribus eligendi voluptates. Repellendus reiciendis in minus sed. Aut in nihil impedit quis magni necessitatibus exercitationem. Dignissimos iure sed quas illum saepe. Modi laborum quis dolores nulla ut quasi tempore.
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