What should I do the summer after freshman year?
Hi everyone I wanted to know what to do the summer after freshman year. Every time I look at internships, they are typically only for sophomores or juniors. I want to get experience early so I am well prepared by junior year. What did you guys do the summer after freshman year ?
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Honestly if your not at working at Goldman by now your fucked
(Dude just chill and start grinding when you get back sophomore year)
HAHAHA I'm only an incoming college freshman but I want to get a relevant internship next summer so I can hopefully get an internship at a competitive bank junior year. That is why I am trying to start early.
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This has been answered 1,000,000 times on this website. How do you expect to break into IB when you can’t even use the search function?
Anything finance-related that you can spin to sound relevant at a reputable place is good.
I would personally say to enjoy your summer - travel somewhere unique if you have the opportunity. If you are dead-set on getting experience, find anything related to finance (there are usually decent internships at PE shops if you dig hard enough). If the finance internship thing doesn't work out, just get a 'regular' summer job. The worst thing you can do is to sit around and not do anything all summer. As long as you do something, you'll be good.
I was essentially a manual laborer for the equivalent summer and honestly it comes up so much in networking and interviews and can be spun so many ways
So you put that on your resume even though it's kinda irrelevant experience? Not irrelevant but I not related to finance.
Yes on my resume as I was promoted to manager and have lots of talking points associated with it. To be honest sometimes ends up getting talked about as much as finance experience.
I knocked on doors my first summer representing a charity.. Built some solid character in me.
You don't have to do something super duper relevant.. Just make sure whatever you do builds you up.
just do something you are interested / will get paid in. can be made sound good on resume if you can talk about it passionately. also, study technical guides and do lots of introspection for behavioral questions as the timeline is shifting forward so much.
I did a CS/Data related internship following my freshman year, and honestly it wasn't worth it looking back. No longer on the resume a year later with more recent/relevant experience and I was away from home & friends. Have fun, relax, and drink with your friends while you can.
Not saying don't work, just get a basic job you enjoy and save the intern stress for next year.
Start grinding and try to find something finance related. Boutique IB near your college/hometown, PMW, etc. With recruiting getting bumped up its more important then ever to have relevant internships as soon as possible. Grind as hard as you can freshman & sophomore year - you will be at a serious advantage compared to everyone else if you can get some experience.
Go work at a summer camp. Now, you have to be someone who enjoys physical activity, being around kids, and is willing to be exhausted at the end of day. If so, it's an awesome experience. I did it, and it's worth it.
It's not for everyone, but I would encourage anyone to work at summer camp after their freshman year.
That sounds great for someone who likes kids. Honestly an ideal job, but I'm probably the only woman on earth who doesn't particularly like them. Thanks for the advice though!!
Enjoy your last summer, you'll never get anything like it again. Hangout with your old high school friends, spend time with your family, travel somewhere, workout, etc. I worked as a part-time cashier to make some extra money (which was actually a pretty good life experience).
I'm a few years out of school now working as a trader at a BB and very happy I didn't do some random finance internship that summer, it wouldn't have made any difference. Ended up getting a paid sales & trading internship my sophomore summer for what it's worth. Just make sure you're back on it when you get back to school.
play pubg until you pass out
I would try to leverage family relationships. Obviously after freshman year you have no experience or course work, so you'll basically have to find someone who is willing to bring you on just to teach you/share their experience. Typically these people will be family friends or relatives.
After my freshman year I interned at a small wealth management shop doing equity and fund research. The guy who started the company was a family friend. Try to find something like this.
Get laid and have a good time
Do a summer study abroad program, either through your school or through some int'l school (I did LSE, was a great summer and actually helped me network since LSE has such a big finance alumni base)
Not sure about your background experience or where you go to school but if I were you I would start networking and try to get an internship during the school year at a local shop. Recruitment for banking has gotten so ridiculous and has been pushed earlier and earlier each year that it seems like you need to have relevant sophomore experience in order to be competitive for interviews.
Make a list of all firms that are in your school area and start reaching out to people to try to get a semester internship.
Here are a list of a few things to do. If you can accomplish all of these then you will have a great college experience and set yourself up for the future: - read the news (WSJ, FT, Economist) and books (both finance and non-finance related) - get any type of job early on that has somewhat transferrable skills to finance - get a hot girlfriend and meet new people - join a frat and get FOF'd (Front-office faded) on a weekly basis - network with family connections, and then as you become more comfrotable/knowledgable reach out to people you don't know in the industry (try alumni base)
Here are a list of a few things to do. If you can accomplish all of these then you will have a great college experience and set yourself up for the future: - read the news (WSJ, FT, Economist) and books (both finance and non-finance related) - get any type of job early on that has somewhat transferrable skills to finance - get a hot girlfriend and meet new people - join a frat and get FOF'd (Front-office faded) on a weekly basis - network with family connections, and then as you become more comfrotable/knowledgable reach out to people you don't know in the industry (try alumni base)
Good enough Internship Freshman Summer? (Originally Posted: 03/27/2018)
This is my first post here, although I have been lurking around for quite awhile. I am a current freshman at the University of Pittsburgh and am hoping to break into IB. I understand that Pitt isn't the optimal place to be for landing ib jobs, but it seems like they have been placing more and more grads in the industry. Anyways this summer I landed an internship at Zimmer-Biomet in my home town where I will be helping out with NPI processes and formulating their yearly list price strategy. I will also be able to explore other areas in their finance department. Also going to be making $16 so I know I will be doing more than bitch work. For background Zimmer-Biomet is a global orthopedic company that makes different replacement joints. They are 352 on the fortune 500 list so not a small company at all. Usually this position is for rising juniors or seniors, but I had a connection with the team leader. I am wondering how this will look in differentiating myself when trying to get IB internships sophomore summer and maybe junior summer if needed. Obviously pricing and contracts isn't directly related, but I would think it still demonstrates the financial analytical skills used in IB. Thoughts?
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Are there summer trading Internships for college freshman? If not, what are the alternatives? (Originally Posted: 04/05/2018)
Also, is a PWM, corporate finance, or corporate banking internship too far away from sales and trading in freshman year? Am not a diversity candidate, and am looking toward working as a trader at a BB, hedge fund, or prop shop in the future.
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