Hi everyone, I am a senior at a community college transferring to a four year college in the fall. Graduating in May with an associates in business administration. My major at the four year school will be finance. What do you think are my chances of getting an internship this summer. I applied to JP Morgan chase finance leaders development summer program. Trying to formulate a solid cover letter.
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Getting an internship is going to be difficult. Coming from a community college, especially as a sophomore, is going to make it hard to get a look from anywhere-- couple that with the fact that you probably don't have the experience that comes with a name-brand university (namely prominent clubs, exposure to professors who may have volunteer/job opps) and it is an uphill battle. I'd recommend emailing/calling PWM firms in your area if you want a finance related internship this summer. You can do the same for accounting firms, CPAs, whatever. Then, of course, you always have the typical business dev. or corporate finance internship for F500/other companies, but those will still be very competitive (and time is running out for those formal applications).
Thanks for your insight, I actually though that coming from a community college would make me seem unique considering all the affirmative action and diversity that major investment banks strive to create. I will definitely consider some local PWM firms and the corporate finance internships.
No problem. I'm currently in the process of doing the same thing-- graduating from CC this spring and going to a 4-year in the fall. None of those diversity/AA initiatives really apply to schools unfortunately, although it still leaves you with the ability to reach out to those who followed a similar path. Hopefully your shared background will make networking an easier process.
Internship suggestions for a community college student transferring? (Originally Posted: 06/02/2014)
Hi there!
I would very much like to have some sort of finance internship my sophomore summer. However, I am a community college student who will hopefully be accepted into a semi target next year. Obviously, I can't list the semi target as my school until accepted, which would be like next april/may. At that point, is it too late to attempt to get an IB boutique internship or boutique HF/PE position for the summer by cold calling/emailing? Or would I be better off to focus on a PWM internship for that summer instead? Thanks in advance
bump. Will be in same situation next year. Anyone care to advice?
Internship and Community College (Originally Posted: 05/06/2013)
A few people on this board seemed to have transferred from a CC to a Target or semi and made it into IB or are currently making it into IB. My concerns, since I'm in the military and I take courses in my off time and have been for a while now, how do you get an internship coming from a CC? I'll finish out my time in the military and my transfer courses at about the same time and I'm applying for Berkeley. My main concern is becoming "too old" which is why I'm going with the transfer route instead of trying to apply to a 4 year flat out, but what is a person in my shoes suppose to do about an internship? I'm gonna miss out on a 1st year-Soph internship due to working full time, but will it be possible to apply for a Soph-Junior internship with Jr. College on the resume?
If anyone has any pointers on this I'd appreciate it and I'm also going to apply to B-School since I'm making a career change from Military/Nuclear Power into IBD. I'm not sure if this will be relevant to internships, but I figure I'll add it in.
I had a similar situation. Wasnt at a CC, but a serous non target while I was in the Marines. Of course grades are important, but specifically grades at a semi or target school are going to show you are legit. Explain to them that you took classes at their because of your location due to military and that you did not take classes at a CC because you gaffed off high school. Make them be subjective to your situation and not view you as another non target dreamer. There are tons of vets to get in touch with that can help you. Just keep looking on this site, I was in a similar spot a yr ago and now thanks to listening to advice from folks on here I am set up nicely going forward.
Contact BBs who have special programs for vets. That might be helpful with landing an internship.
Ha Im sure Berkeley is going to love you as a military vet. http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/mon-march-10-2008/marines-in-berkeley
It was kind of painful listening to the things they said. I always felt that, for a place of learning, colleges never really exhibited a real understanding of Economic(even though many people teach it) or liberty. Always seemed like people only cared for certain liberties and not all.
surferbarney, I appreciate the reply and is that how you got your internship and did you get it the summer of your transfer?
Summer Internship (Prefer IB) From Community College/Transfer Advice (Originally Posted: 11/16/2015)
Hi, I'm 16 and in community college. I'm planning on transferring to some high ranking school (Wharton, Columbia, Stanford, etc.) for Fall 2016 as a sophomore. In the summer, I'd like to be an ib intern if possible. I also live near Los Angeles if that will help. I just wanted some advice as to what will make me look like a prospective student to these high ranking schools as well as advice on landing an internship in the financial sector. Sorry in advance for any mistakes I've made.
My Stats: - 4.0 GPA in college - Volunteer/Work at teaching Arabic - Going to take the SAT this January - Graduated HS in 10th grade (did it because I didn't have the best of grades) - Will have pre-reqs completed for these schools by January - Don't look or act my age (if that will help)
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I don't know anything about transferring schools, but what I will tell you is to simply cold call boutiques. Philly (Wharton) and New York (Columbia) have hoards of boutiques that will happily take an intern.
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