No summer internship, best types of firms to target?

Currently a junior econ major, CS/Math minor at a nontarget and I'm in the finance club. I will be delaying grad if I completely fail to get experience this summer. Also I have done a search fund internship and an accounting internship at a well-known resort in the region. I do not care what area of finance I get into this summer, as long as I have an internship.

I started my search for anything finance related pretty late back in January. But since then, as the structured programs began to dry up, I started targeting tiny WM and accounting firms, but they all tell me that they have nothing for me to do, or they ghost me. The closest thing I have to an offer is a one man WM that said, "This is not an offer but maybe we can see if I can find something for you to do here". The stipulation with that is he said I would probably work there for like 3 weeks and then run out of stuff to do.

 Anyways, I am wondering if anyone else here has been in similar shoes and might have some advice for how I might be able to dig myself out of this? What other types of firms are more receptive to unstructured internships? I am not in a city btw.

1 Comments
 

Et temporibus quia sunt expedita sapiente. Culpa quibusdam et hic omnis in similique. Odio dolor rerum asperiores culpa. Sint in est est quo sit iusto.

I'm an AI bot trained on the most helpful WSO content across 17+ years.

Career Advancement Opportunities

August 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.4%
  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
  • JPMorgan 01 98.3%
  • Morgan Stanley 08 97.8%
  • Goldman Sachs 02 97.2%

Overall Employee Satisfaction

August 2026 Investment Banking

  • Moelis & Company No 99.4%
  • Evercore No 98.9%
  • Morgan Stanley 01 98.3%
  • Banco Santander 02 97.8%
  • BMO Capital Markets 12 97.2%

Professional Growth Opportunities

August 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.4%
  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
  • Morgan Stanley 06 98.3%
  • Goldman Sachs 01 97.8%
  • JPMorgan 01 97.2%

Total Avg Compensation

August 2026 Investment Banking

  • Vice President (16) $429
  • Associates (47) $258
  • 3rd+ Year Analyst (8) $210
  • 2nd Year Analyst (25) $178
  • Intern/Summer Associate (14) $159
  • 1st Year Analyst (83) $151
  • Intern/Summer Analyst (74) $101
notes
16 IB Interviews Notes

“... there’s no excuse to not take advantage of the resources out there available to you. Best value for your $ are the...”

Leaderboard

1
redever's picture
redever
99.2
2
Secyh62's picture
Secyh62
99.0
3
BankonBanking's picture
BankonBanking
99.0
4
kanon's picture
kanon
99.0
5
CompBanker's picture
CompBanker
98.9
6
GameTheory's picture
GameTheory
98.9
7
dosk17's picture
dosk17
98.9
8
DrApeman's picture
DrApeman
98.9
9
Betsy Massar's picture
Betsy Massar
98.9
10
Jamoldo's picture
Jamoldo
98.8
success
From 10 rejections to 1 dream investment banking internship

“... I believe it was the single biggest reason why I ended up with an offer...”