I'm currently on track to graduate in December, which means I can still participate in SA recruiting, but am hesitant to put December graduation as it might raise questions..should I just put May the following year or does it not matter for SA that I'm a December grad?
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I would appreciate advice on this topic as well
Graduating in December. I got plenty of interviews for SA last year. I don't even think they noticed.
The easiest way to do this is write January of the graduating year you are, i.e. if you entered college as class of 2015 after finishing high school in the class of 2011, just write "January 2015" or "1/2015" on your resume rather than "December 2014."
Most schools have a winter graduation ceremony after Christmas and New Year's, so that's when the degree is awarded. This lets you bypass any sort of filtering system the firm may have set up in their recruiting portal where they search by grad year.
If I'm graduating in dec 2028 but my ceremony/commencement is in may of 2029, can I write that I'm graduating in May 2029?
Pasting my response to a similar thread.
I'm graduating this December and think that companies really like that they can hire me and I'll show up in 3 months. No long lag like hiring some one graduating in May.
Also, who wants to start early ... ? Those will be the last months of your free life. Enjoy them. Get involved.
I'd suggest putting 1/2015 to avoid filtering, overall it doesn't matter. Tell them during your interview you're graduating early and you plan to do _______ (something cool or unique) in the spring semester. It will help you stand out. Then if you don't line up anything great for the spring (you DEFINITELY should), may be worth bringing up after you get a full time offer at end of summer that you'd be interested in starting early. From the few people that started early at my firm, 100% of them regretted it. Even though you get a little ahead of your class (everyone will eventually even out) and make a few extra thousand $$, the torture they were put through as a 0-years (all bs requests, awful fri staffings, etc) almost made them quit before they were even officially 1st yrs. Good luck!
Graduating in December 2013? (Originally Posted: 01/17/2012)
I took a leave of absence for second semester of my junior year. I will therefore be graduating in December 2013 at the very latest. I might be able to accelerate using my high school AP credits, but it is not guaranteed.
I have been selected for a summer analyst interview at an elite firm. I assume that it is a bad idea to try to proceed when the HR recruiter is telling me that I will need to have graduated in May 2013.
Even though I was selected for an interview with an elite firm should I withdraw myself? (I am afraid that if I don't withdraw myself I will get into trouble.) I think I might be able to land summer offers with other firms despite my uncertain graduation date.
You go to the interview(s) and try to land the job. At the interview, you tell them you will graduate in May 2013. If you get the position, you take one course in the winter semester and delay your graduation. It may cost you money... but the opportunity cost of a summer internship at an "elite" firm is likely significantly higher.
That said, if this wasn't obvious, you need to do some serious work before the interview on getting your story about "why investment banking?" right. There are people out there that would quite literally give the interviewer a kidney for a shot, especially in this market.
You do not understand. The interviewer KNOWS that I am taking a leave of absence. She said that I need to CONFIRM that I will be graduating in May/June 2013. I want to be cautious not to LIE to the HR Representative, which would jeopardize any offer and might lead them to reject me in a background check. The HR Representative told me that if I am graduating in December 2013 then I am ineligible.
So, given that the HR Representative is directly telling me, what do I do?
*The HR Representative, not the interviewer, knows that I am on a leave of absence.
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