When I opened up my email yesterday to see the time of my group meeting, one member had sent the group a disturbing message. I managed to obtain a copy of this correspondence and reproduced it below. I can confirm that it is indeed authentic.

I can’t make it guys. I’m going to the Lehman Brothers presentation at 7pm

Ladies and gentlemen … this poor baby is only 19 year old.

I must be getting old, but each year it feels like the summer internship recruiting process creeps up just a little earlier in the calendar.

Flipping through today’s issue of the DP, already there are ads for consulting companies holding information sessions about their summer internship process.

While no I’m no philosophy major, something must be fundamentally wrong that someone is even allowed to utter the word “internship” before we’ve even left for Thanksgiving break.

For the sake of those members of the class of 2009 too scared to begin this journey towards employment so early (and rightfully so), I have summarized basically every company presentation you will ever attend in a series of simple bullet points.

- Welcome Address from some really high-ranking executive who you will never see again. (15 min)
- Explanation of how we are a “global business.” (10 min)
- Boast of how we are #1 in (fill in the blank). Random charts and graphs will be used for effect. (10 min)
- Discussion of how we value teamwork. (7 min)
- Every day, we enjoy working with the smartest people. (5 min)
- Discuss how we value diversity (show pictures of jovial minorities at work). (2 min)
- Say we are looking for the “best of the best.” (5 min)
- Q & A where Penn students ask a series of canned questions. (too long to estimate)

You can thank me later for saving you this precious time.

Tags: Internships

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