<p>Currently at a dilemma.</p>
<p>I'm a freshman and I can't decide what to do this summer. I'm interested in applying for a summer abroad in South Korea this summer for 7 weeks. However, thinking about my future and what job I may want to pursue (I don't even know what I truly want to be yet...) it might be in my best interests to internship at my parent's place perhaps in either sales or marketing for the two/three months that I am out of school. On the other hand though, I can still take the internship for three weeks after my summer abroad ends.</p>
<p>Any ideas?</p>
<p>Just realized I said “to internship” instead of “to intern.” </p>
<p>Cannot grammar at the moment.</p>
<p>Study abroad - if you can do an internship later, definitely study abroad.</p>
<p>I am not so fond of internships - I studied abroad in Spain and lived with students who did internships and students who were studying Spanish at a Spanish school.</p>
<p>At the end of six months or so, my roommates (and me) were really moving along with Spanish - but the internship students - they struggled with the language and never learned to speak as well as we did.</p>
<p>Anyway, if the internship is not going to be in another language, guess that doesn’t matter…</p>
<p>But do study abroad if you get the chance. It’s fantastic.</p>
<p>I don’t know what you’re studying, but:
In general your internship opportunities will increase as you get more classes and move up in status (jr > soph > frosh). So if you want to study abroad at some point in time, freshman summer is the best. If you wait until later, you may face the choice between an internship that could have significant benefit towards your career or going abroad.</p>
<p>It sounds like you could intern at your parent’s place next summer; this isn’t a limited opportunity. Save future summers for better internships and you’ll always have your parent’s business as a backup. Study abroad now.</p>