I'm a semi-target sophomore....kill it.

You need some college experience. Its sophomore spring start getting involved in some college clubs. Solid grades, good school, just need to fill up the resume.

yeah theres just way too much white space on this thing. I would think about adding a relevant coursework section, as well as skills/interests at the bottom to fill this thing up--there's just too much space right now. additionally, having a relevant coursework section can help to show your interest in finance, since nothing about your resume shows any interest in finance whatsoever

proficient in Microsoft sofrware? take it out man. you are not applying for admin works.

wtf format?

it looks like you have multiple fonts, fix that. fix the format

Thank you guys for responding so quickly! I will admit, this is a 1 year-old resume and I have been lazy in updating it. I am a officer in the economics club at NYU and have 2 work-study jobs that can help clear the "white space." I'll also add a relevant "interests section" that's trending now. I'll try to update my current resume and post another one back on WSO. Again, you guys are really fast! Thanks.

Sean518 and cipits - Yeah I'll remove that asap.

Your format is terrible dude...it might as well be in comic sans.

Could you guys also send me some resume templates? I'm having trouble finding them.

• Do a finance or economics club
• Too much white space
• Your GPA should say 3.9/ 4.0
• Major should say: Bachelor of Science in Economics and Mathematics (Dual Major)
• Your verbs explaining your experience are awful
• Talk about RESULTS from your experience
• Add other languages you can speak
• Use bullets, not dashes, and put dates next to your experience

I can tell you that your format is a huge reason you did not get many interviews

Thanks Connor!

NYU is a target..

^I go to NYU and I don't think it is. The ratio of kids who get into FO banking divided by the kids who want to is SMALLER than ivies, MIT, Stanford, etc.

I'm trying to transfer to Brown lol It's a better fit for me.

^I would go as far to say Stern compared to the rest of NYU is a target. Compared to Ivies, top ten, I would NOT say Stern is a target. I look up their matriculation rates every year, for the past several years, and the ( again...) ratio between kids who get into banking divided by the kids who want to go into banking is SMALLER than all ivies, top ten, top LAC's, etc.

You guys can flame me for this, but I see firsthand what happens at NYU.

Yeah that's a weak format dude. And in the process of fixing your format, make your bullets more concise. Then ask people to take a look

keep that GPA up boyyo. don't slack off in your real analysis class.

if you transfer, the college experience wont matter that much any more. try somewhere else except brown...

GL

The descriptions could be a lot better "frequent member of the wrestling team" either you are or you aren't. Also, you used the work "prospective" when you should have used "respective" when talking about working at the grocery store and the various food items.

You need to use better action words and descriptions all around. Instead of "helped" you would use something like "assisted"...or better yet "led."

Also, your descriptions always tend to tell the important part last in your bullets, which is not correct. just get rid of that useless first part in all of them, such as "worked collectively..."

"Had a collection of speakers" is pretty unprofessional way to say what you mean, i think it leaves a bad impression right there for the rest of it. "Responsible for inviting and scheduling the club's monthly(or some frequency) medical field speaker series." something more like that would suffice.

Yeah man, I figure out if I got into Brown in about 3 weeks. It's anxious waiting, I really hope I get in.

pretty sure NYU is target. doesn't matter how many get hired, matters that the institutions actually "target" the school. I on the other hand am non target. career fair consists of : prudential, aflac, shit am firm, and a bunch of non-profit hospitals and other idiots that nobody really wants to work for

Can't believe people think Brown's less of a target than Stern. I don't know why people can't understand what I'm trying to say. The majority of people at Brown who want to do finance get in. That's the biggest difference between Stern and Brown. At Stern, I see firsthand, with my two eyes, how many people are literally dying to get into banking, but only a relatively small percentage of people who want to get in, actually get in. The reason why it seems Brown is less of a target is because the number of people who get in is FAR less than at NYU because there is a larger demand.

If there are, on any given year, 40 kids who want to get into banking at Brown, 35 will probably break in. That's a 90% "acceptance" rate.

At Stern there's around a class of 550 per year. Out of that class, 350+ will probably want banking jobs. Out of 350, only 150 might break in. That's a 40% "acceptance" rate.

Now I am using arbitrary numbers, and I understand this. What I want to get across is the idea itself. I'm not trying to be a jerk, I'm just trying to defend the school that I've wanted to go to since I was 13 years old. Brown is also much more selective than NYU as a whole, and much more selective than Stern. I'm not trying to be rude, and I'm sure I'm gonna get flamed by the hundreds of Stern kids who would give their left testicle (or ovary....) to get into Banking.

Did you get into Stern? If not, Brown would be a necessary transfer.

I would never want to go to Stern. Also Brown isn't a "necessary" transfer? I got 3 Boutique IB offers this summer, but I am in the top 5% of my class in all of NYU with a 3.9 in CAS. Two were in ER and the other was straight up M&A at a technology and entertainment firm.

Honestly Stern and Brown are both great schools. If you go to either, and keep up your GPA and intern as much as you can, you will have a good chance at breaking in. Heck, some of the coolest guys I've met at banks were from complete no-name, non targets, while some of the biggest jerks were from Harvard, Princeton, and the like. It's all relative and independent. I'm just trying to defend Brown because it gets unnecessary hate from kids who are trying to project their own insecurities for whatever reason. I love the school and I'm absolutely willing to donate my left testicle to get in. I've been waiting since I was 13 for an acceptance letter, and I'm less than a month away from knowing.

Let me put it to you this way: What do two students at Brown and NYU have in common? They both got into NYU.