How to get SA interviews for next year
Hey everybody, I am currently a rising junior at a target (non-ivy) and I was thinking about getting interviews for SA internships for next summer. I have a solid gpa 3.8+, and my SATs were near perfect. I am currently working this summer as an intern at an equity research boutique, and in previous summers I worked at an NGO and tutored a lot of kids (turn this into a "small business" on my resume?). The problem is, I have no extracurriculars at school. Is this enough to get me interviews, and how can I best position myself to get through? And yes, next semester I will be trying my best to join some business related clubs/fraternities. Thanks in advance!
what do you mean no extra curriculars, you said you worked at a NGO and tutored kids...extracurriculars dont have to be at school. I think you will be just fine, ER is a good technical background.
yeah i hope so. i was just wondering because people on this board and elsewhere make it sound like its important to be active at school which I haven't been at all.
coming from someone who has pretty strong ECs (i.e. director of largest finance club), my understanding is that ECs really dont matter all that much. GPA/work experience/networking is what its all about, ECs ("LEADERSHIP", not "member of a club") are just something to tack onto your resume and something to briefly discuss in the interviews. unless u started some kind of successful business in college, chances are your interviewer wont be too impressed with any on-campus ECs
however, i do think its still important to be "active" at school. you need to show that youre more than just a bookworm and that you have other activities that are you good at besides studying and working. ECs are important in the way that "Hobbies" section on resume is important-- to show your interviewer that you have a diversity of interests, good communcation skills, good time management, leadership ability, etc.
im a rising junior myself so im not exactly an expert. feel free to correct me if im mistaken on any of these
so for hobbies would i be saying things like sports i play, music skills, travel, etc?
Extracurriculars are BS - anyone that tells you otherwise was probably "External Vice President of the Finance Club" or some other stupid sh*t like that.
They just want to know that you do have a passion for and excel at something outside of school (if that is a extracurricular then fine, but I find it hard to believe that someone has a passion for finance club or a business fraternity).
I'm just an intern, but you're an idiot if you say ECs are BS. And no, I'm not "External Vice President of the Finance Club", I'm an editor on my college paper -- about 40-50 hours a week of work.
phantom is right.
ECs are BS, there are too many people making things up "VP/President" of this and that. Work experience weighs far more than so called ECs and I'm talking student club ECs. I'm sure you have plenty of time to study with 40-50 hours a week of work.
SUBSTANTIAL extracurriculars matter. They fill up your resume (you want to make it look like you had to leave things out of your resume, not like you were grasping for things to add) and give you something to talk about during interviews. There was this one club that took up a lot of time and effort and I considered quitting time and time again and I'm glad I didn't just because of the 20 minutes or so (out of probably just over 3 hours) of interview time it took up.
That being said, the emphasis on ecs for college admissions and first jobs is laughable, as most of them are bs resume-filling title things that just distract you from studying, enjoying life, or doing something useful.
If you possibly can go with one of these programs that tkaes you to a foreign country to cure sick children or something. Yes, i'm being cynical, but most of these structured things amount to paying to visit a country and fill up your resume (though you do some good along the way). Banks eat them up, though it should be obvious to anyone thats not an idiot that the most important qualification for doing one of these is not talent or a desire to help: its having the money to go on the trip.
well this is definitely encouraging for me. so would you guys think that a resume highlighting my GPA, SATs, and work experience plus a few hobbies on the side is good enough to get interviews?
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