Working as intern at Yale investments office vs Girls Who Invest Program

Question

Which is the way to go to maximize learning opp? Which would lead to more opps in the future? Girls who invest basically teaches you finance for 4 weeks before setting you up with a 6 week internship among an impressive list of firms but Yale investment’s office has Swensen as its leader. I can’t post a link to girls who Invest’s website because I don’t have enough bananas, but it’s pretty well established and I know many people who tried it and loved it. This would be for sophomore summer btw

Advocate · Accepted Answer

GWI is one of the highest-impact opportunities a college student could undertake -- I highly recommend it. Biggest question is how much control you would have over placement, but some of these sophomore buy-side programs are exclusive to GWI, and it's a great way to gain access to (1) the resources, network, and mentorship structure that GWI really focuses on building; and (2) a more general investing platform that might open different doors down the line.

I don't think you can go wrong either way! Congrats :)

I don't think you can go wrong either way!  Congrats :)

Advocate · Answer

I'm a male junior who has a few friends who've done it, and I've heard nothing but good things (+ I'm all about these mentorship + talent-building programs.  GWI goes even deeper because you remain in their active network post-GWI).  You mentioned that you know students who've done it, so you have as much or more insight than I do.  I don't think all the partners are equal, but the vast majority of them are an unbelievable opportunity to gain exposure to direct investing.  The training program is also super strong!

distressed_IB · Answer

Half do - but I don't know if the chances are equally weighted. This is simply because I don't really see Baupost and DE Shaw seriously taking 6-week interns - if they do I promise your experience will be very watered down, and its essentially a PR "diversity" move (just being brutally honest here).

Yale is interesting because its essentially a FOF but they do have a sizeable portion of their endowment in private equity, which could help build connections.

I think you should speak to alumni from the program and figure out what you chances are of getting into the more competitive companies.

W102 · Answer

^^ lol at that first comment and a huge wtf

I'd take Yale but you probably can't go wrong depending on the firms that have an agreement with the Girls Who Invest program.  You probably go to Yale given you got that internship...you'll be fine either way.

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