Internships for freshmen

Apple321
Tue, 04 Aug 2009 17:03:59 +0000

Nobody gets an investment banking internship out of freshman year unless they are extremely connected. There is no motivation for banks to do so. They hire juniors because they want to pick out their full-time analyst hires. Freshmen are too young.

That being said, there are a lot of great opportunities out there. The best case scenario would be PWM at a BB, but there are many great opportunities.

Don’t worry. Freshman internships arent that big of a deal. I’ve never heard of anyone who felt hindered for not having one. Hell just relax for the summer and do some traveling. If you really want to be a banker you will be short on vacation days soon.