How to break into Banking at UCLA. 
(Chimp, 12 
Points) on 7/9/10 at 10:57pm
Hey guys,
I'm brand new to this site with this post being my first. Im currently going to be a sophomore at UCLA in the Business Economics major, and I am wondering how I can break into the IB recruiting scene there. I have a 3.97 through my first year plus summer school, im in good old SAS(student accounting society) who are brainwashing me to think that working as a public accountant at EY and PWC is the only way to go in life. I really have no idea how to get involved with the Bank recruiting on campus. What steps should i take to try and land an internship(preferablly a BB) in this upcoming summer 2011? If you want to see my resume or anything like that jus message me. Im open to all help.
Thanks
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Dude, you go to UCLA and you
by San FranciscanDude, you go to UCLA and you only have a 3.97? You're fucked.
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A decent amount of West Coast
by thaTHRILLAA decent amount of West Coast groups recruit out of UCLA. It's much harder to get to NY.
1) Get out of SAS. They convince themselves that Big4 accounting is the Holy Grail.
2) Get involved with the Undergrad Business Society and get in touch with the i-banking mentors/officers.
3) Get into the i-banking workshop.
4) don't listen to your professors, friends, or other bus/econ kids that are pushing you to do big4 accounting. give them the finger and pursue banking.
I am a UCLA grad so shoot me
by ke18sbI am a UCLA grad so shoot me a PM if you want.
Generally speaking get involved with the UBS as stated above. Keep you grades up and try to get a internship this summer or during the school year. Get that accounting minor too. Being as though its your freshman summer and will be sophomore school year shoot for anything finance related internship. Even something that's unpaid and 10-20 hours a week will be good. It displays youre interested and gives you opportunities to build upon before recruiting for the real summer analyst positions that open up during your junior summer. Use the career center website to look for jobs and when late fall/early winter jr year roll around be on the look out for those summer analyst gigs. Plenty of kids get banking jobs out of UCLA, its really not that hard if you set yourself up properly.
oh yeah, just as ke18sb
by thaTHRILLAoh yeah, just as ke18sb stated, get an internship ASAP during the school year or over the summer related to finance. Even if it's just wealth management, that'll do. Most people from UCLA i know did WM internship during the year, then banking internship, --> banking FT.