Undergrad With Some Questions for the Pros

Greetings Gentlemen,

I am just beginning my Junior year at a non-target, private school in Western New York. Here is my "resume" to this point: - Smart, driven, good people skills, excellent work ethic. - 3.34 GPA, 3 straight semesters over a 3.25, weak first semester of freshman year. - Worked a part-time, unpaid internship at MassMutual Financial Group this past summer (Buffalo office). Learned about mutual fund side of business as well as insurance. - President of my school's Economics & Finance Club. - Will be a member of the "Golden Griffin Fund" next year - a student run, professor advised portfolio that has grown from a $100,000 endowment in 2002 to a $130,000 portfolio today. Includes large financial lab with modern equipment. - Full time student, also maintaining a 20-hour per week work schedule.

Now, I've been doing the best I can to work on the GPA. I know it doesn't look as good as it should, but I think my track record since shows how dedicated I have been and will continue to be since.

My question is as follows: What do those who possibly had a similar experience as I did recommend I should do for my junior summer internship?

I'm coming up on my big internship summer next year. I don't have any delusions I'll be working for a BB firm in I-banking (although that would be my dream), but I think I can compete for some other opportunities on a somewhat similar level. Where should I be looking? Do I have a shot at PWM? Or should I head another direction? I guess what I'm asking is, if I want to be working for a BB firm one day, where would be the best place for me to start now?

Thank you, and like always I cherish your brutal honesty.

6 Comments
 

Well I mean it is a fund run by students of the business school, not quite professionals yet. The decision making comes down 100% to the students, so I can see why you might be unimpressed.

foy
 

Not my actual resume. I just wanted to give people an idea of where I stand so that people could make honest recommendations is all. I would never include such details on a real resume.

foy
 

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