freshman internship

<p>I know it is hard to land one, but anyone successful? Would it be worthwhile taking extra classes or doing some work over the summer?</p>

<p>I just landed one, I figure it'll be worthwhile, the name on my resume should help when I try to pursue an internship either next summer or during the school year.</p>

<p>Yeah i have one at huge bb subsidiary and it is gonna b great experience, all you really need to do is have a good personality for the interview and a superior gpa, i had a 4. Also if you know anyone high up in a company ask them for some help, I just cold called some places and at others i had some hook ups, but i chose the offer that i originally cold called. I think extra summer classes would get in the way of the internship.</p>

<p>It's all luck and ambition. You should be able to get one.</p>

<p>it;s a little late to start tho. i start my search in Feb.</p>

<p>some summer internships have deadlines in October/November</p>

<p>isnt getting a freshman internship a little overboard? i thought that most people considered having one after sophmore year being very ahead of the game.</p>

<p>What are you guys getting paid?</p>

<p>Newedition: there is no such thing as going overboard, if you want to be overpaid.....haha</p>

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isnt getting a freshman internship a little overboard? i thought that most people considered having one after sophmore year being very ahead of the game.

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<p>considering most people would agree that i-banking is one of the hardest industries to break into, a little interning never hurts. especially for me because I dont have any real work experience, so it'll be good for my resume if I ever wanna apply to work elsewhere during the school year and whatnot.</p>

<p>as for getting paid -- you shouldn't expect to be paid for freshmen year, if you do, consider yourself lucky. i'm getting college credit for my internship.</p>

<p>For once I agree with dcfca on this topic....their is hope afterall...lmao</p>

<p>Not getting paid would suck.</p>

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Not getting paid would suck.

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<p>yeah. i'm gonna try to see if I can get GPA pts to go with the credit. even then though they only ask that i put in 8 hrs a week, so it's no biggy.</p>

<p>Hey Mahras: I know your a high school sophmoe like me, but are you interning anywhere/? and are they paying you? and what do you do?</p>

<p>I am a junior. Yes I am currently interning at a trading firm here in the city. Yes they do pay me (15/hr). Basically I used to go to different classes they held for their traders (options pricing, market making, poker etc). Now its just doing any excel work that they may have for me.</p>

<p>man you are lucky....</p>

<p>Luck was a factor yes.</p>

<p>it would be soooooo awesome if I could land one of these internships..I am actually going to pray tonight. lmao</p>

<p>UBS - no pay, but definitely worth it. No wal-mart this summer!</p>

<p>How do u get an internship as a high school student? Just call 'em up and ask if they might be interested?</p>

<p>its really hard, most of the time they just ignore you. connections help</p>