Looking for Business related opportunities in D.C

Career Opportunities & Internships
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<p>Hello CC'rs,</p>

<p>I am currently a freshman student at GW, and I think I have secured a summer job at my school. I realize that it would be most beneficial if I also found something on the side to supplement this work, since I'll just be involved with basic desk work.</p>

<p>I am thinking about trying to contact a professor that is staying at the school over the summer and doing finance or management research, but I am also interested in doing something career-related. I have heard a good step is to apply to boutique firms, I was wondering how one filtered out good ones from the bad. </p>

<p>Also, since D.C has a good amount of regional HQs for larger companies as well as government based organizations (IMF, World Bank, etc.) What are the chances I can find something there? </p>

<p>My dilemma is that I am considering all the possibilities that I have and I'm not sure where to start and how to make my summer worthwhile. Also, I realize that being a freshman, having an average GPA and applying extremely late are all factors against me so I feel as if I have no options. </p>

<p>I'm open to suggestions/feedback! </p>

<p>Thanks.</p>

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<p>I think you are probably a bit late for this year, but next year I would take a look at the Department of the Treasury and the SEC. While it might be hard to get a position at the SEC (especially since it appears to be a paid internship), an opportunity at the Treasury appears easier to get.</p>

<p>I am a freshman student at Colorado College, and applied for these two positions. I am supposed to hear back from the the SEC any moment now and the Treasury in the middle of April. I also applied at one hedge fund, but those are naturally hard to get for freshman with average GPA (I’m currently only at a 3.44).</p>

<p>I was offered a position with Senator Olympia Snowe (ME) in DC this summer so I decided to accept that because it is hard for freshman to lock anything down in the finance industry period. My career counselor said that this type of opportunity looks very good on a resume for people in any industry, including the finance industry. Getting something with a professor sounds like it would probably work very well with your schedule if you are able to work anything out and would certainly be a good opportunity. Good luck!</p>