Re: ==When to Do Internship?
Having internship at any kind of company will give you a leg up over people who have no internships.
Even a sucky internship will get your foot in the door. Once in, work hard, build relationships and prove that you are capable of handling more responsibilities. You will then become first choice when other internship opportunities open up.
I had a sucky internship (slave labor) at a very small desi company, at the end of the summer, they offered me a full time position with very low salary. I accepted and went to school part-time afterwards. (I needed the money) However, I was able to graduate on time by taking lots of courses in the summer, weekends and evenings.
By the time, my friends were graduating from college, I already had one year of full-time experience and I used the experience to change jobs and get a much much higher salary than the new-grads.