<p>it could not have been done without perseverance and connections within the company. And yes, I am a HS student, incoming senior. </p>
<p>So I guess I'm going to be paired with a bunch of college guys, but that's okay, because I think they saw my maturity through the interviews...</p>
<p>My only question is: for my college applications, will this look bad? I'm sure they know it would've been near impossible to get it w/o connections... but is that neccessarily a bad thing? because I am receiving the same training as everyone else.</p>
<p>And I really don't think you will be doing real work even after training. I was in a similar situation and I intern at a financial firm that normally only offer internships to juniors and seniors in college and despite the fact I had previous financial background and did very in training, I was only allowed to do very basic reasearch and nothing too interesting. It got very dull after a while. I am not saying that you will have the same experience though. </p>
<p>And going to college next year, I don't think it really helped that much. Most of the colleges I applied to were skeptical and didn't really look it into that much. I think some of the things I did other summers made more of a difference than the random financial internship. I interned in a Hedge Fund/VC firm; one of the largest in the south.</p>
<p>Hm... how much did your connections help you? I mean if your dad is a big fish at that company, the adcoms will count 1 and 1 together, but if it's not that obvious that you got it through contacts, I wouldn't worry.
I'm doing a summer analyst intership right now and I get to do the same stuff as the college juniors, so it just kinda depends. I wouldn't say that it helped me in the admissions process, because just like B_B said, it just looks so suspicious, but I don't think it hurt me either.</p>
<p>it's an investment banking firm in China... stationed in China... I'm using it to show my bilingual skills, as I probably will be doing a lot of filing/transcribing/translating...</p>
<p>Honestly, what's the point? Are you going to intern at investment banks for 4 straight summers? And do you really feel like that will give you an advantage over someone with just one or two summers of experience? Hell, do you think all of the rising seniors/juniors in college you will be training with/working with are going to see you as their equal? You learn so much in college (even in just your first year), both in school and out of it.</p>
<p>I was so set on getting an internship after my freshman year (just ended), but hell with it. You can only be young for so long, and a full time 50 hour/week office job during high school (summer) just doesn't seem that appealing or like it's really going to do much for you. A lot of the top investment banks say they almost exclusively recruit rising seniors - know why? Because they need 2-3 months to evaluate someone to get a good idea on whether or not that person has what it takes to become a full-time analyst. </p>
<p>I mean, congratulations and all, I'm just glad I wasn't focused on getting internships/doing research/full-time jobs and all that type of stuff when I was in high school. Those are supposed to be the most stress-free years of your life (and while college is fun, there's definitely more pressure/stress).</p>