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IhateCR · 04-18-2008, 02:04 PM

Hello all,

I'm a rising second year at UVa thinking about accounting, banking, and consulting. I had a difficult time of looking for internships. I knew that most private firms do not even consider first year so I turned to federal agencies. (I sent out some 50 emails to whatever companies that I heard of and that were around where I live, but none of them replied.) I tried Department of Labor, etc but unfortunately I was not selected by any of them. I seriously do not know why. I have a 3.5 GPA, I have work experience as a clerk in high school, and I'm heavily involved in the Student Council in my school. I have plenty of AP credits and I'm taking hard classes. What is going wrong??

Now I know that most of the internship deadlines have passed. Even if they haven't I have not much chance of getting in anyway based on the past few months experience.

My question is, what can I do in this summer that I can put on my resume and hopefully looks good to future employers?

04-18-2008, 02:04 PM	#1
IhateCR Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Charlottesville Threads: 35 Posts: 271	Rising second year needs advice on summer internship Hello all, I'm a rising second year at UVa thinking about accounting, banking, and consulting. I had a difficult time of looking for internships. I knew that most private firms do not even consider first year so I turned to federal agencies. (I sent out some 50 emails to whatever companies that I heard of and that were around where I live, but none of them replied.) I tried Department of Labor, etc but unfortunately I was not selected by any of them. I seriously do not know why. I have a 3.5 GPA, I have work experience as a clerk in high school, and I'm heavily involved in the Student Council in my school. I have plenty of AP credits and I'm taking hard classes. What is going wrong?? Now I know that most of the internship deadlines have passed. Even if they haven't I have not much chance of getting in anyway based on the past few months experience. My question is, what can I do in this summer that I can put on my resume and hopefully looks good to future employers?