How to recover after bad first two years?
I'm in my third year now of my BBA. I did one internship in my first year at an insurance firm. My grades were decent in first year (around 3.65). My school has a coop program that, due to a small miscommunication, I didn't get in to. The program is what the school's known for and I was devastated for the entire year, letting my grades slip. Anyway, now I'm sitting at around a 3.3. No internship last summer. I have the chance to work in an income tax company from January to April, but then I'll be doing my second third year semester in the spring, effectively ending any chance of recruitment then. Since I have minimal experience, is it better to avoid the risk and work income tax in the winter and then delay my graduation to try and find, at the least, a corporate finance internship later on? Or should I take the risk now and try my luck in then summer for a more relevant position? As far as grades go, I still have two years and the ability to retake some courses, so I hope I can get everything back in order academically.
fight hard on whats ahead of you.
So you're saying I should take this internship in the winter?
sorry, my bad. my response was lackluster. Are you "working for the tax firm" by taking no classes for one term? if so, i would be worried. I would go co-op for "name your dream firm", but I wouldn't do it for every scrappy firm out there.
internship is also the more "traditional" route, so it's proven and trusted. if you want to think outside the box, that's fine, but you must have an attractive preposition to do so. Right now, unless you really wanna work in income tax, it's not the best payoff you can find? I would do internship on top of classes to keep your degree progress going.
I only had one attempt at coop and I missed it so I would need to go for a traditional internship. I'll be taking classes but not as a full time student, but part time. I'll have to be in school for my second third year semester as most classes are going to have case based study.
Working in income tax would be an accounting internship. If your a finance major, maybe it would better to continue seeking a finance internship of your choice, that suits your interests.
Right now what I'm thinking is, I have very lackluster experience and don't think I'll be able to secure a decent internship in the summer. I'm thinking of taking this and leveraging this for my next internship.
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