Spring weeks + Summer internships (UK)
I am an incoming LSE bsc econ student and achieved 4A* + A* epq. How much do firms care about uni and grades for spring weeks and summer internships or is it mostly just random.
I tell you this with good intentions: learn to Google, use AI etc. Use some initiative to find your info and then ask Qs that on info you can't find cos this is a very basic Q.
Honestly what you just wrote is almost unintelligible but if I understand it correctly.
The Warwick student with more work experience probably has the upper hand.
Past a certain threshold, your grades don't really matter.
Congrats on your grades and uni mate that’s a great outcome and you should be chuffed. I will be honest though, most people at LSE are 3A* so it doesn’t really move the needle.
Thank you for your response, what stuff does acc move the needle and could you suggest ways I could achieve them
1) Societies. LSE has a lot of good ones but the best for getting some actual practice in are M&A group and PE society.
2) Do some M&A competitions
3) Don’t be a freak. Go to the pub, have fun, grow your social skills a bit.
4) Have some non-finance hobbies. I mean hobbies that go beyond the standard gym and fitness. Learn a language, do an interesting sport, travel etc. Just become an interesting person to be around.
Will be honest, spring weeks are very luck based. I would also cold email small boutiques to try and get a 1st year summer internship.
Best of luck buddy.
Good q, can help on this a bit (interned in BBs)
Uni matters more for EBs than BBs - I'm not sure why this is but must be a prestige thing.
LSE will work at all EBs and BBs simply as there are so many LSE Economics grads in the industry.
4A* and EPQ is fine, I think baseline is normally AAA or equivalent.
Springs you will find are random, more so than summers.
I'd advise you think carefully as a lot of LSE people apply to BBs and EBs so you need to have a distinct story that will separate you from other prospective candidates (and there's a lot of them).
Work on your story and social skills.
Went to a camps recruiting event at LSE last year to represent my firm (top BB) and I was shocked by the level of social autism at the school. I am sure everyone is smart and driven but it was very hard to hold a conversation with them. Could be due to small sample bias but I didn't experience that with other top tier unis.
I think this is a generational thing as well
Lot of interns nowadays suck at social skills
Some unis especially science students are going to be challenging to have a conversation with versus others but not their fault, personality is different and they're more numbers and data driven
Could you please explain how a campus recruiting event looks like, is it like school careers fair where companies set up stalls and you go and ask them questions or is it more formal? Additionally, how you suggest students suffer LESS from social autism (I assume that students suffer from this because they don’t know what to say to someone who may potentially give them an offer or at least influence the decision), so could you please tell me what kind of things students should talk about to the professionals attending the event, ie do you talk about your interests in things aside from finance like sports or gym and crack a joke or tell a funny story or do you recommend displaying your interest in finance? I am sorry that this is such a long message, but any advice is much appreciated ☺️
I am sorry if this sounds dense, but could you please tell me what you mean by a “story” and who I tell my “story” to? I assume that “story” is like your motivation for applying to IB, PE, etc…, in that case (I assume you will talk about in your interview), do you talk about your “story” during campus recruiting events or is it frowned upon and make you seem pushy?
Yes why IB / PE etc.
What interests you in the sector?
If you say "Oh I went to LSE and did a course", every person has heard that.
Mine was particularly unique and it was unique enough that the interviewers all remembered it well and I had a proper answer that was honest, valid and very easy to remember.
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