Tuck Business Bridge Program

Is anyone familiar with the Tuck Business Bridge Program at Dartmouth? Someone I know at school did it and I believe it led him to his SA position at UBS IBD the following summer.

I am currently a sophomore from a semi target with a 3.8 gpa and a large amount of work/extra curricular experience, so I think I have a decent shot at it. However, I believe the cost is upwards of 9k. Shits expensive along with the 50k a year for undergrad- does anyone know anything about the program? anyone on WSO actually completed it?

any feedback would be extremely helpful.

Tuck Business School: Bridge Program Worth It?

The Tuck Business Bridge Program at Dartmouth is a four-week intensive mini-MBA program. It’s designed to help liberal arts students learn business and finance basics to help prepare them for their future careers. In general, most WSO users recommended trying to get an internship in IBD if that’s your target field, since there’s no substitute for work experience. WSO user @leap" , currently working in investment banking, attended the program and shared:

I did the program last summer without thinking that it would actually help me get an SA position but just because I knew nothing and had been unable to get a job.

  • Recommended because: This year, however, without ever having worked in the industry or anything finance/business related outside of a few campus activities, I got an offer in IBD from a top three BB. So I think Bridge is really worth it for liberal arts students that have a genuine interest in banking/consulting.
  • Not recommended if:I wouldn't recommend it if you had an internship already or have taken many finance and/or business classes, because Bridge is structured on the assumption you are a blank slate and so it has to teach you all the basics. That being said, the program is intense and I had a great learning experience, but I remember that the former Bain & Co. interns were getting super bored and were tutoring everybody else.

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It's no substitute for work experience. If you can get an internship, work instead. I know 1 person who did this program, and another who did its equivalent at Booth. Both people did these programs because they couldn't get good summer jobs.

That said, if you dont have any job offers, go for it - it's better than doing nothing. Friend said that he had to make a presentation to employees from a BB, and it was a good networking opportunity allover. It also gives some exposure to valuation and modeling apparently.

 

Agreed (with above). Everyone I know who did the Bridge program couldn't get an internship that summer, and for some it helped them land offers from recruiting the following fall/winter, but for others they still struggled... and you do have to pay a substantial amount of money ($9000 I want to say?) And since the program is only like a month long, try to do something useful the rest of your summer.

 

Also, it's tougher for sophomores to get it. Most of the participants are juniors or seniors from liberal arts backgrounds who want to go through a finance boot camp in preparation for their SA or FT gig.

 

I did the program last summer without thinking that it would actually help me get an SA position but just because I knew nothing and had been unable to get a job.

This year, however, without ever having worked in the industry or anything finance/business related outside of a few campus activities, I got an offer in IBD from a top three BB. So I think Bridge is really worth it for liberal arts students that have a genuine interest in banking/consulting.

I wouldn't recommend it if you had an internship already or have taken many finance and/or business classes, because Bridge is structured on the assumption you are a blank slate and so it has to teach you all the basics. That being said, the program is intense and I had a great learning experience, but I remember that the former Bain & Co. interns were getting super bored and were tutoring everybody else.

 

First off your logic worry's me in addition to your personality. Why would you transfer to two different schools? Also if you have an IB and PE internships what could you possibly gain from these summer schools? clearly these programs are intended for resume padding but with your prior experiences, would you say you really need this? Those business programs are a joke by the way.

 

Sorry to revive this dead thread, but does anyone think the program would be useful for someone from a smaller, liberal arts school? I a sophomore at Carleton College and, while I am still hunting for a summer internship, I like to have some sort of back-up. Our school doesn't really do too much with finance and I thought it might be a way to show recruiters that I am serious about finance, as well as learn a bit about valuations, etc.

 

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