<p>My friends,</p>
<p>I would like some advice about what I should do. I am set to intern at a Asia-based hedge fund this summer.</p>
<p>A little background info about myself: I am a humanities (International Relations) major specializing in China. While I have taken some economics courses (Intro+ Intermediate Micro among others), I do not have any finance background. My supervisor this summer is aware of and fine with this ( he doesn't know what he'll do with me yet, though he has hinted at marketing the fund) and will figure out my responsibilities as I arrive.</p>
<p>I was wondering what I should do to best prepare for this and any advice for the actual internship. In all honesty, my end goal is to break into management consulting. Based on the advice I've received, I've concluded that having this internship (at a hedge fund), would have been more likely to land me an interview than the alternatives (public relations firm [ a repeat of last sumer] and a sourcing firm [non-brand name] ). Although I may not have any involvement with finance after this internship, I would like to learn as much as possible and leave a good impression.</p>
<p>With that said, how would you best prepare for this internship? I've been reading the Idiot's Guide/Dummies books for Hedge Funds/Investments and people are telling me that there are finance-related podcasts at the itunes store. Aside from those, would anyone have any other recommendations?</p>
<p>Any help would be very much appreciated. Thanks in advance!</p>