<p>Title says it all! Specifically regarding Freshman/Sophomore year, before a major is declared. Do people in those years usually get internships via Cornell, or are student internships mostly geared towards upperclassmen?</p>
<p>(Especially in terms of internships related to business) </p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>For freshman it is harder but very possible. Apply early and often. Do not be picky.</p>
<p>Like, how early? Also is it any easier for engineers (planning a CS major, and could have 2 second-year CS classes under his belt by end of freshman year)?</p>
<p>Start applying end of winter. If you have a good rapport with a professor, tap into their network. Need a good one page resume. Put it on Cornell career website. Hand it to professors whom you know very well. Lot of corporations/organizations come on campus for informational sessions. Go to these sessions, get free food and make your connections. There are just so many ways.</p>
<p>Cornell has a very organized career center. It sponsors job fairs, job and internship recruiting. They also have very strict agreement with all companies that want to recruit on campus - the length time they need to give students to accept an offer, and when they could invite students off campus. Every job is posted on the career web site. It tells you requirements for each job, how to submit resume. If it´s on campus recruiting, you would be notified if you were selected for an interview, you would then be allowed to get on the site to sign up for an interview slot.</p>
<p>For business/finance internships, it´s usually junior year´s beginning of spring semester. they will also allow juniors who are going away abroad junior spring to interview in the fall. There are some internships open to sophmores, but not as many. Finance internships are not limited to AEM, almost anyone could apply (as long as you have high enough GPA). I find Cornell´s career center to be one of the best. My daughter got her finance internship/job through Cornell, like many of her friends. she also got her on campus job through the career center´s posting. I would encourage all of you to become familiar with the career center´s schedule and policy.</p>
<p>They have awesome resources, but you have to be initiating (there is no such thing as an internship fairy) </p>
<p>some advice:
get involved ASAP in groups that interest you
start looking for summer opportunities ASAP (i.e. winter break)
apply to LOTS of places!
get a good GPA first semester
make sure you get to know a professor - you’ll need a recommendation.</p>
<p>They are very helpful but you cannot afford to be picky. I was, and as a result both of my internship opportunities didn’t come from Cornell but from my other networks. I did get a handful of offers from the career fair / career center route but they didn’t appeal to me for one reason or another (location, salary, assigned project, etc)</p>