Advice for young and restless? - 18 and going to Duke

I'm 18 and going to Duke this fall as an undergraduate. I want to work in investment banking in the future. How should I spend my summer?

Should I take a computer science class at a nearby university? Or try to get in internship locally (I live in southern CT)?

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It might be a little late to try to find an internship. If you can find one great but if you can't, classes are a perfectly acceptable way of spending your freshman summer.

 

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