<p>College starts very soon and I am sure there will be many people applying for internships in the Fall/Winter. What internship applications should be available soon?</p>
<p>I’m judging by your username that you will be an upcoming Freshmen. If so, what kind of internships are you looking for? I ask, because VERY few companies hire Freshmen. You’d be better off getting a job during the summer so you can add a job to your resume and don’t look like you are doing nothing during the summer.</p>
<p>Business internships</p>
<p>Then none (generally). The businesses that hire interns look for rising Juniors. Usually most people intern between their junior and senior years of college.</p>
<p>^ false</p>
<p>It’s becoming a generally increasing tend for there to be internship oppourtunities for freshmen. I’ve even seen the market growing substantially for kids still in high school to get internships (though these are usually local offices/government positions)</p>
<p>Your sophomore year you should have no trouble at all finding a business internship as long as your a knowledgeable and well presentable individual. I suggest at least trying to secure an internship for this upcoming summer. You never know, you might get lucky. I got 3 summer offers my sophomore year with only basic work experience on my resume.</p>
<p>I am a rising sophomore and wonder about upcoming application deadlines as well… any suggestions?</p>
<p>Ha. Try to take 2 minutes to read the thread next time.</p>
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<p>Thanks.</p>
<p>Try and read my reply next time. The government/local internships were for high school kids.</p>
<p>I know plenty of freshmen at my school who have secured internships at big name companies across many fields (yes, including business). </p>
<p>Just because you couldn’t get one before you Junior year doesn’t mean you need to discourage others from trying. It’s definitely more than possible</p>
<p>Generally speaking though, plscatamacchia is correct. Which I believe he said too (generally). A lot of the big names that I’ve seen recruit tend to want only juniors. There are people who get them without being a junior, but they have been spectacular candidates (2400 SATs, perfect GPAs and 2-3 good internships as a freshman in college). </p>
<p>It’s not impossible at all, but the more structured the program and the bigger the company, it’s more likely that you won’t get an internship from such a company. So you have to aim for something less structured and not as set. They are out there though.</p>
<p>Solomonm way to give an empty fact. </p>
<p>"I know plenty of freshmen at my school who have secured internships at big name companies across many fields (yes, including business). "</p>
<p>Give us some examples? I had an internship between sophomore and junior year, and when I applied probably 70% of the companies I looked at (and I looked at a lot) said Junior or Senior Status. The others said Senior Only, Junior Only, and VERY few said Sophomore. </p>
<p>I did not see a single one that allowed Freshmen to even apply. Shadowing is common among Freshmen but you cannot put it on a resume as an internship.</p>
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<p>Way to take a guess at me to make a point and be wrong. Generalizing is usually not a good way to argue.</p>
<p>Internships I’ve seen freshmen/sophomores get</p>
<p>M&A Research Assistant - Private Wealth Management Firm
Financial Advisor’s Assistant - UBS
Real Estate Valuation Assistant - Private Real Estate Firm
Portfolio Management Assistant - PWM Firm
Research Assistant - Fund of Funds firm
Research Assistant - Boutique Investment Bank</p>
<p>Among many others. Browsing on my own schools career listing site I’ve already come across 5-6 that are business oriented and open to freshmen and sophomores. I’m sorry to say, but it’s really not that hard to get them as a freshmen and sophomore. You don’t need ridiculous stats. Just have a solid GPA and some work experience. Go in knowing your stuff and be able to spin a good story about why you belong there. </p>
<p>I also know that JP morgan and a few of the BB have programs specifically created for freshmen/sophomores. I’ll be happy to link them when I get home from work.</p>
<p>Is it easier to get internships in the non-profit/research/think tank sector than in business?</p>
<p>Sorry, I thought we were talking about big firms with structured programs for recruitment. If we want to include other such places, then sure you dont need super stellar stats. I’ve seen a lot of freshman and sophomores have internships in some form of business as well. The freshman/sophomore still take a backseat when it comes to many of the big firms that recruit on campus since those usually target juniors.</p>