summer internship v. full-time

Career Opportunities & Internships Investment Banking
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<p>Hey everyone,</p>

<p>I have a dilemma and I'm not really sure which way to go. I'm currently in my senior year of college and I just switched my major to Finance from engineering (hated the major). I'm going to graduate in September 09 with a Finance degree, but since I changed my major so late, I never considered a career in Investment Banking until now and so I have no experience with a bank or any financial firm (I mostly did a lot of academic research in engineering). My question to you all is, should I try to get a summer internship with an investment bank for summer '09 or should I just try to go for a full-time position with no financial experience. </p>

<p>Some background: Non-Target school, great extracurriculars, very high major GPA (finance) but low overall (because of engineering).</p>

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<p>What do you mean by non-target school? Does it mean non-Harvard, Wharton, Princeton, Dartmouth, Stanford, Yale, Duke, etc. Or does it mean second-tier state school?
If it's the latter, you should do a internship first. Your engineering degree should help somewhat in your quest for an ib position.</p>