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[quote=Anonymous]As someone who hires interns, I'd say the summer after Freshman year it is important to work but, unless you have some personal connection, you are not likely to be hired for an internship in your field.  I've never hired an intern that young but have occasionally hired someone after sophomore year, most of my summer interns have finished junior year, and most of our Fall and Winter interns are new graduates.

When a student is looking for that post-sophomore or post-junior year internship, they should start looking in January.  That's when a lot of application periods are open and the most driven kids are looking.  My organization has experimented with different application windows and I found I got the best pool of applicants for my field when it was posted in January.  Unfortunately, for the bulk of interns at my org, people want new grads and so we now have a Spring application time and I don't get as large or as highly qualified a pool.  So, all is not lost if you don't get something in January.  The opportunities are fewer but competition may be weaker too.[/quote]

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