<p>I know business schools are looking for early interest in business, but i am having trouble finding programs to help me. I have taken ap macro and micro, but what else is there i can do. I cant find any summer programs, and it is impossible to get an internship here, since i live near princeton university, and all business would much rather have a princeton student.</p>
<p>any suggestions??</p>
<p>The first place I would look for business related activities would be in your school. If there are business electives available, espically accounting/marketing... take them. If that isn't possible than look for business oriented clubs such as DECA (marketing club), an investment club or some type of entrepreneurial club. After you've exausted those options your going to have to take things into your own hands. </p>
<p>Last summer I was looking for an internship also, and I too was discouraged by my initial results. I called all of the local securities firms (Wachovia, Merril Lynch, a few local brokers) and asked whether they would have a use for an UNPAID intern. Even though that didn't produce many results, the fact that you say that you are not looking to be paid will attract at least some attention. I was eventually given an interview with a man who owned a local financial publishing firm (he also happened be the father of one of my mothers students). He was impressed by the initiative of a 17 year old kid looking for an unpaid job just to gain a little experience before college. Thus he gave me the job, it turned out that he also organized a hedge fund and the work happened to be extremly interesting, he paid me even though I told him it was absolutely unnecessary and he also wrote me a great letter of recomendation. </p>
<p>The point I am trying to make is don't hesitate to call in all connections you may have, and to not be discouraged by a search that does not seem to be too productive. Some one will eventually be impressed with you to, if you keep searching.</p>
<p>If you still do not come up with anything, I would suggest doing some economic research on your own, maybe subscribe to some financial publications and try and write a paper of some sort to be published or entered in some type of research competition. That may seem like an utterly rediculous suggestion given the fact that you are only 16 or so but you would be surprised with how much you can accomplish even at a young age.</p>
<p>do u know of any summer programs?</p>
<p>also, how much interest do you really have to show to get accepted into an elite college(wharton, mit, uva). im also doing fed challenge and fbla, is this enough?</p>
<p>Leadership in the business world @ wharton is the only college sponsered program which comes to mind.</p>
<p>Unless you are a top applicant for the school itself, business oriented EC's are quite important (ESPECIALLY at programs like Cornell's AEM where they focus on your fit in their school heavily)</p>
<p>thanks for the info</p>