Please Help - Current junior

Hello everyone,

So I'm currently a junior and have not found a summer internship yet. I am determined to work in IB when I graduate (preferably MM or boutique, but beggars can't be choosers). I am extremely worried about this summer and prospects of landing an IB job next fall (as I will not have time to earn experience that fall and post it on my resume in time) and have no clue what I can do. I feel helpless, I've emailed nearly every bank in existence and have even branched out into other financial services. I do have the opportunity to work in mgmt at a semi exclusive gym this summer, but that is irrelevant.

Another problem is that I am broke. Go to school in NY, but will not be able to justify working an unpaid internship unless it is really attractive. I am going to sit on a sales desk at a MM bank tomorrow with an alum who said he'd like to talk to me (however made it clear during our phone call that summer internship position would be a slim proposition).

I feel like I have exhausted all contacts and job possibilities and feel like I have no options left. Please help me! Constructive criticism welcome

Thanks,

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That sucks. Good luck, hope you find something.

Under my tutelage, you will grow from boys to men. From men into gladiators. And from gladiators into SWANSONS.
 
FlakeThat sucks. Good luck, hope you find something.

Haha, that is not quite the advice I was looking for. That is something my mom would say to me.

"History doesn't repeat itself, but it does rhyme."
 
streetwannabe
FlakeThat sucks. Good luck, hope you find something.

Haha, that is not quite the advice I was looking for. That is something my mom would say to me.

I am feeling very motherly today.

Under my tutelage, you will grow from boys to men. From men into gladiators. And from gladiators into SWANSONS.
 
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Flake
streetwannabe
FlakeThat sucks. Good luck, hope you find something.

Haha, that is not quite the advice I was looking for. That is something my mom would say to me.

I am feeling very motherly today.

And there you see in the tall grass, gents, is the elusive Flake's Feminine Side. Normally, this magnificent creature hides in a cave during the day. However, perhaps through PMS or syphilis devouring the brain, Flake's Feminine Side is currently out comforting fellow WSOers.

But yeah OP, break past IB/S&T, look into corp. fin, AM, HF, ER, or VC. i know for sure a bunch of NYC vcs take minimally paid interns, and that could really help you stand out.

Cheers.
 

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