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Which will look best for an IB summer internship? Forum's RSS Feed Share

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IBDaspirations
    
 
(Senior Monkey, 76
 
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 on 2/3/12 at 8:00pm

I'm currently a freshman at University of Michigan and I know that I want to go into either consulting or IB. I'm trying to decide which path to take in terms of majors and minors.

I'm definitely doing a BBA from Ross, and I know I'll definitely be doing a minor (if not two) or another major.

The options:

1. BBA + Industrial and Operations Engineering Major
- BBA GPA will suffer because of engineering classes (maybe around a 3.8 or so)
- Engineering GPA will be around a 3.5-3.6 (I'll be entering with a 4.0 and if I get all Bs, the lowest it will drop to is a 3.4)

2. BBA + Financial Mathematics Major
- BBA GPA will suffer from financial mathematics classes (around 3.7-3.8 as well)
- Financial Mathematics GPA will be around 3.2 or so

3. BBA + Financial Mathematics Minor
- BBA GPA will be around 4.0 or 4.1 (Ross gives 4.4 for A+ so you can go over 4)
- Financial Mathematics Minor GPA will be around 3.3 or so as well (probably won't list it) and I will have a lot of empty space to take booster classes and boost my Ross GPA
- My freshman GPA of 4.0 will be reset (it would have been maintained if I did Financial Math as a major and it would have transferred to Engineering if I did that), but I will list it on the resume

4. BBA + Financial Mathematics Minor + Economics Minor
- BBA GPA will be around 3.8
- Financial Mathematics Minor GPA will be around 3.3
- Economics Minor GPA will be around 3.6
- No space for booster classes for GPA

From what you see here what do you think looks the best. I know that the clubs and the interview are very very important but assuming those stay the same, which do you think will give me the best chance at getting an interview and doing well in an interview? Also, which seems most impressive to you?

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SECfinance's picture

1. No one lists their minor

SECfinance
     IB
 
(Senior Gorilla, 840
 
Points)
  on 2/3/12 at 8:15pm

1. No one lists their minor GPA, it's Cumulative or Major.

2. Predicting your grades = LOL

3. To answer your question, 3 or 4 if you want to do finance, 1 if consulting. But it really doesn't matter. You could just do the BBA and be fine.

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Rumplesmoothspin's picture

Dude, you posted this 4

Rumplesmoothspin
    
 
(Senior Baboon, 214
 
Points)
  on 2/3/12 at 8:56pm

Dude, you posted this 4 times?!

When do you sleep?...Sunday

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hot1590's picture

You sound so froshy, I wonder

hot1590
    
 
(Baboon, 108
 
Points)
  on 2/4/12 at 3:33am

You sound so froshy, I wonder why.

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peepstache's picture

Econ all the way, works for

peepstache
    
 
(Monkey, 52
 
Points)
  on 2/4/12 at 9:24pm

Econ all the way, works for almost all graduate schools.

Seriously though take wtvr classes you like and figure it out from there. As a freshman you got a lot of time ahead of you, so dw too much about it.

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oldmansacks's picture

are you really predicted what

oldmansacks
     VC
 
 
(King Kong, 1,441
 
Points)
  on 2/5/12 at 12:03am

are you really predicted what your GPA will be in 2-3 years?

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oldmansacks's picture

do finance and econ minor

oldmansacks
     VC
 
 
(King Kong, 1,441
 
Points)
  on 2/5/12 at 12:05am

do finance and econ minor

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Ace6904's picture

www.collegeconfidential.com C

Ace6904
    
 
(Baboon, 111
 
Points)
  on 2/5/12 at 3:30am

www.collegeconfidential.com

Come back after you've done a PWM internship - better yet, after you're actually admitted to Ross.

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