u/Annual-Ad-9417

I am a upcoming freshman, I start college on the 24th of august and I really wanna obtain an internship in NYC or Seattle if possible next summer. I know this is probably unrealistic knowing how hard it is to get a internship in general. I wanted to get some advice for how I could possibly achieve this or if it is even possible.

(FYI I mostly want the internship because all my friends next summer will be out of my state and I know I will be miserable if I'm the only one stuck in my town being unproductive also NYC and Seattle are my preferred city but i would intern in any kinda big city in the U.S.)

I also wanted to get some advice just in general on what i they would've told themselves their freshman year looking back since I am a little anxious that I will miss out on opportunities that could've benefited me.

I have a pretty bad schedule (Engineering). I have a class that is currently a 8am that i wanna change to a 9:30 due to that being a option. I emailed my success advisor about it and they said I couldn't change my fall semester schedule at all and that I would be able to change my spring semester which feels false since the slot for a 9:30 microeconomics class is still open and i just need to schedule a meeting with an advisor to change that.

I scheduled with my advisor and the zoom link doesn't work and idk what to do or if im even contacting the right person

BTW i am a incoming freshman