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&lt;p&gt;If you&#39;re looking to break into a career in finance (e.g., investment banking, mergers and acquisitions), an internship is the easiest way to get your foot in the door.  Finance internships--at the undergraduate and MBA level--are really extended interviews for full-time analyst and associate positions.  They offer extensive training, hands-on experience, networking opportunities and a lot of great perks.  Banks and firms really put their analysts and associates to work, so they want to make sure you can handle the job.  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://content.screencast.com/users/cwisevault/folders/Default/media/b124a0a5-7cdf-4fb3-8a99-47276494e6ba/KeytoFinanceRight.png&quot; alt=&quot;Finance internships are the key to a banking career&quot; width=&quot;288&quot; align=&quot;right&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;254&quot;&gt;Luckily, getting in front of a potential bank or firm isn&#39;t too hard when you&#39;re in school.  Internship on-campus recruiting usually starts right after recruiting for full-time jobs.  This means that information sessions and meet-and-greets are coming up in October and interviewing will start in January/February.  Even though that sounds far off, it&#39;s really not.  You should start researching your target firms &lt;b&gt;right now&lt;/b&gt;.  Check out the new 2011 Vault Banking Top 50 rankings and read our firm profiles to see what life is like at each top bank or firm.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;At the internship level, each year we rank the Top 10 Finance Internships--the programs that offer the best training to launch your finance career.  Here is last summer&#39;s 2010 Top 10 Finance Internships (the 2011 Top 10 will be released in November):&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h3&gt;2010 Top 10 Finance Internships &lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Goldman Sachs &amp;amp; Co.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;J.P. Morgan&#39;s Investment Bank&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;KPMG&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Lazard&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;McGladrey&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Morgan Stanley&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Northwestern Mutual Financial Network&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;PricewaterhouseCoopers&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Sponsors for Educational Opportunity&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;The Boston Consulting Group&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;

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