| I can give some input here...
At Northwestern this past spring, 250 students applied to the Goldman Sachs internship program in Chicago which had 5 spots. 2 from Northwestern were offered spots... one for brains, one because of athletics. For the remaining 3 spots, 1 went to a relative of an executive in that office, 1 to a U of Chicago student, and 1 to a Notre Dame student.
That's pretty typical of highly regarded business jobs with a sales component in general -- half go to brainiacs, half to athletes who have proven the ability to spend 30+ hours per week in their sport, understand teamwork, and still get good but not great grades.
<1% is the chance of getting a highly prized internship. |