Internship at the US Treasury
I have been offered an internship at the United States Treasury. I am currently a freshman, and I attend a non-target university (fucked around too much in high school). My current GPA is 3.823 (not the best, I know), and I am going try and bring it up to like 3.9+. Also, I am involved in Honor Societies on campus, the investment club (this is stupid as hell, though), and other clubs that match my interests.
Also, what GPA should I shoot for, especially since I am at a non-target school? (I know many will say "as high as possible", but if someone can give me a number that would be very helpful)
Anyway, I am also trying to get any internship I possibly can, applied to fifty plus postings on Craigslist, different banks in my area, PWM (tried for ML, but they are not looking for anybody; also, I think it's because they have to pay their interns now. Although, I was told if something came up, they would be in touch, whatever that means) I have not had much luck with my internship search until the Treasury offer, and I have a phone-interview next week. The internship, I believe, would be in the OCIO, Office of Chief Information Officer. I would be moving out to Washington D.C. for the summer, which is not a problem because I can stay with my grandparents.
I just wanted to know if this is a good internship to pursue for my summer before sophomore year? How will this look on my resume for SA positions? What should I bring my GPA up to? What else can I do to help my resume standout? If you have any other tips for me, please post those too.
Thanks for reading my very long first post, guys, and God Bless!
Oh, I forgot to mention that I am working my way through the WSP Self-Study course too.
Take the Treasury internship.
The UST isn't a bad place to work. Will definitely help your resume stand out some and differentiate you. I'm not sure what your long term goals are (do you want PWM or IB?), but there are several guys that have put in time at the Fed or UST and gone on to do big things.
I know someone that was a trader for the FOMC and he ended up going to Cerberus, before moving to another group. You can build some good connections at the UST IMO. Obviously don't expect that as a frosh, but you get the idea.
@Whiskey5, thank you for your response.
@peinvestor2012, thank you for response too. I want to do IB in the future, but I was looking for a ML PWM internship for this summer, but was unsuccessful.
I like it -- go for it. Very unique experience and a topic I bet people would want to speak about in the interview process. Plus you are a freshman -- that is a good gig target or non-target for a frosh. Drink Bro!
Just reaffirming what others have said: Solid and unique first internship.
Paging black jack.
US Treasury Internship (Originally Posted: 01/14/2010)
Does anyone have experience working at the US Treasury for their summer internship program? Know what the process is like? They posted an internship opportunity for this summer on my school's career website, and it says they're accepting freshmen. I ultimately want to trade FI products, so I figure where better to start?
Bump, do you guys think this would be a good resume builder?
Are you a freshmen? Good freshmen internships are hard to come by and so I think this would definitely be a good opportunity for you and your resume.
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