I just have a question (internships)

ipam45
Sat, 19 Feb 2011 15:46:42 +0000

I feel like i was in your shoes. I’m attending a state school very far from home and i wanted to see my family and friends.

but reality sets fairly quick when you are in college and realize that this is your career. family and friends are important, but it’s time that you start learning about the “real world” that your parents and teachers have been talking about.

you are fortunate enough to attend a school like Wharton, take advantage of it and learn as much as you can from people that work in this field by getting a job or a summer internship. live in another city and work in a place you’ve never been to. This is the time to explorer so do it. not only will you learn a lot about the IB industry, you will learn more about yourself.

My story,

Freshmen year, I didn’t want to stay in the midwest, where i go to school, for the summer. i rather have gone home to TN. But an opportunity to work for a small company came up and i jumped on it. so i had to live by myself in a city that i wasn’t too familiar with.

and after that experience, i have more confidence in my ability. and next summer i will be doing an internship with a fortune 100 company and I think that opportunity is there because of the fact that i took some risk and did something i didn’t think i could do…if that makes any sense