Delaying graduation by a semester as a double major in order to be more prepped for IB recruiting?
Seen similar posts but am writing this since my situation is a bit unique due to my majors.
I’m a double major(finance/data science) going into my junior year with a planned grad date of spring 2022. I have held internships for the two summers since college and hope to receive another one this upcoming summer. The only thing is that with covid I got a late start on early IB recruiting for summer 2021 and feel that I need to hone my interview skills more before I try to go for my big internship that turns into a full time offer. So my question is, would it be acceptable to stay an extra semester with the goal of a big internship/FT offer for summer 2022 considering my goal is working for top IB firms?
yes very common. just make sure you're very well prepared with network and interview skills next year so the extra semester is justified
does delaying by a semester matter? Or does it have to be a year? And are there any risks?
1 semester is fine, just need to push you to the next class.
No one cares about 4.5 or 5 years so no issues there. The main risk is not landing anything so you better be REALLY sure you know why you didn't - i.e. it's useful for the people who discover IB way too late, or bombed 1 class and can replace the grade by retaking it - but if you are an international struggling because of visas, networked all year and got nothing, etc that is not likely to change
How is this situation unique from all the others because of your majors?
Simply because of the double major. I was thinking that would give me good reason to stay an extra semester and would require different advice considering single major grads are expected to graduate in 4 years(aside from engineering, etc.)
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I extended my graduation to improve my resume and I ended up with a BB SA 21 offer at a non-target. As long as you use your time wisely, it's possible.
Did interviewers question why you were going through the process for a second time?
I didn't make it past Hirevue the first time, so they didn't ask.
I didn't network, did a resume drop and ended up killing the Hirevue, straight to superday after that and beat out target school candidates because of fit most likely.
Thanks for your insight. Congrats on your offer!
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