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[quote=Anonymous]what school does she go to and what is her area of focus?

i completely failed at the whole internship game when i went to college (never had an internship the whole time in undergrad) but because of my acute failure, i knew exactly how to prepare my younger three siblings so that they all landed relevant internships after ever year (freshman through junior) summer.

The moment you land on campus as a freshman, you gotta network hard through alums. Set up informational interviews, coffee/lunches, chats, hit up career services like none other, talk to professors in areas you are intersted in to perhaps lineup summer research.

My siblings majored in econ, math, and history and using this method they all secured interviews for internships/paid research during the 2nd semester.

for younger students, cold-emailing alums via linkedin is surprisingly effective in terms of getting info and getting visibility for internsihps.

One of my siblings cold contacted an alum which helped her land an interview at one of the best prop trading firms in the country only after one semester of college (it would've been for her freshman ending summer).

I know my advice might be a little too late for this summer, but just giving you the heads up for next summer. she needs to hit the internship trail hard the moment she goes back to school in the fall.

However, even now, it might not hurt to do what i prescribed for landing something this summer. at the very least she'll have built a network and gotten her name out there and learned more about various jobs/companies/areas of work.

good luck![/quote]

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