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)?
| +130 | Ukraine, geopolitics, midterms | 46 | 6d |
| +21 | Going to work with Helicopter | 6 | 12h |
| +19 | Why leave this game? | 6 | 3h |
| +18 | What’s with the uptick in angsty teens posting on here | 5 | 3d |
| +8 | Matched with my MD on Hinge - Advice? | 6 | 12h |
| +5 | What can be automated using AI? | 5 | 4d |
| +5 | Needing the bathroom once every 1-2 hours... is this normal? | 8 | 18h |
| +4 | Coworkers who try to change management, fail, but are ultimately correct? | 4 | 5d |
| +3 | Smoking Weed in Spain | 0 | 3h |
| +1 | The Terminal List Season 2 | 2 | 1d |
Career Resources
Get instant access to lessons taught by experienced private equity pros and bulge bracket investment bankers including financial statement modeling, DCF, M&A, LBO, Comps and Excel Modeling.
You should spend your summer enjoying your free time. Get a summer job if you want/need one (I always enjoyed working over the summer) and hang out with your friends. You are 18, don't stress it.
Great advice. I'm surprised to see kids graduating high school stressing over internships and becoming a banker or hedgie.
For the love of all that's good and holy, have fun. You're 18. Party it up with your high school friends, it's the last time you'll be together like this. Be the top dog for the last time for a while. And just relax. There will be plenty of time to think about internships, getting into an ultra competitive career and working your tail off for another 40 years. Just enjoy life and being young.
Optimally get a job that you can spin into relevant experience, or just get a job (everybody needs extra cash)
Sit ut est officiis et similique sunt architecto. Nobis et optio voluptatem maiores saepe. Omnis asperiores nemo exercitationem nihil ut. Pariatur reiciendis perspiciatis reiciendis. Consequatur dolores perspiciatis aperiam sint.
Beatae voluptas sequi veritatis esse sapiente consectetur. Sed iure et aut et laudantium illum. Occaecati in deserunt repellat fugiat placeat.
Laborum cumque voluptas at. Suscipit commodi iste incidunt et. Omnis perferendis quaerat mollitia magni. Eius et veritatis laborum.
See All Comments - 100% Free
WSO depends on everyone being able to pitch in when they know something. Unlock with your email and get bonus: 6 financial modeling lessons free ($199 value)
or Unlock with your social account...