Internships for a freshman Business major??

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Tue, 08 Jan 2008 11:01:59 +0000

It may be hard, but it’s primarily known for engineering and science, not business. I never said your school was less than mediocre, I simply said that there are better schools than RPI for business. There’s a difference. As you can see in the two lists I provided for you, the “proof” is there (of course, the method in which they rank these schools can be questioned, but nonetheless if RPI was there, it would be consistent in both lists.)

I can understand your frustration. Some random guy on CC is telling you that your school is not as good as others, even if you are paying $32k+ and upwards for your tuition. It happens. It doesn’t mean you can’t land a job. You can still get the job… most of it will depend on YOUR ability to interview. Your school has nothing to do really on how you can communicate in a tense situation when applying for these jobs. It’s something you learn. You may have a career center at your school, but that’s only going to go so far.

The 4.0 and the Rank #1 is just for them to call you for a phone interview. It’s not going to get you the job. You have a good base starting out, but the rest is not up to two numbers (your GPA or either your rank).

It is not in BusinessWeek’s top 50: [Undergrad B-School Rankings: Interactive Table](http://bwnt.businessweek.com/bschools/undergraduate/06rankings/)

It’s not top 50 in US News 2006 rankings (borrowed from an other thread):


University of Pennsylvania (Wharton) 4.8
Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (Sloan) 4.7
University of California–Berkeley (Haas) * 4.5
University of Michigan–Ann Arbor * 4.5
New York University (Stern) 4.3
Carnegie Mellon University ¶ 4.2
U. of North Carolina–Chapel Hill (Kenan-Flagler) * 4.2
University of Texas–Austin (McCombs) * 4.2
Univ. of Southern California (Marshall) 4.1
University of Virginia (McIntire) * 4.1
Indiana University–Bloomington (Kelley) * 4.0
U. of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign * 4.0
Washington University in St. Louis (Olin) 4.0
Cornell University (NY) 3.9
Univ. of Minnesota–Twin Cities (Carlson) * 3.9
Univ. of Wisconsin–Madison * 3.9
Emory University (Goizueta) (GA) 3.8
Ohio State University–Columbus (Fisher) * 3.8
Purdue Univ.–West Lafayette (Krannert) (IN)* 3.8
Michigan State University (Broad) * 3.7
Pennsylvania State U.–University Park (Smeal) * 3.7
University of Arizona (Eller) * 3.7
Univ. of Maryland–College Park (Smith) * 3.7
University of Notre Dame (IN) 3.7
Arizona State University (Carey) * 3.6
Case Western Reserve Univ. (Weatherhead) (OH) 3.6
University of Florida (Warrington) * 3.6
University of Washington * 3.6
Babson College (MA) 3.5
Georgetown University (McDonough) (DC) 3.5
Texas A&M Univ.–College Station (Mays) * 3.5
University of Georgia (Terry) * 3.5
Wake Forest University (Calloway) (NC) 3.5
Boston College (Carroll) 3.4
Georgia Institute of Technology (DuPree) * 3.4
Southern Methodist University (Cox) (TX) 3.4
University of Iowa (Tippie) * 3.4
Brigham Young Univ.–Provo (Marriott) (UT) 3.3
University of Pittsburgh * 3.3
Virginia Tech (Pamplin) * 3.3
Florida State University * 3.2
Syracuse University (Whitman) (NY) 3.2
Tulane University (Freeman) (LA) 3.2
University of Arkansas (Walton) * 3.2
University of Colorado–Boulder * 3.2
Univ. of South Carolina–Columbia (Moore) * 3.2
University of Tennessee * 3.2
Boston University 3.1
College of William and Mary (VA)* 3.1
CUNY–Baruch College (Zicklin) * 3.1
George Washington University (DC) 3.1
Georgia State University (Robinson) * 3.1
University of Kansas * 3.1
Univ. of Missouri–Columbia * 3.1
University of Oklahoma (Price) * 3.1
University of Utah (Eccles) * 3.1
Auburn University (AL)* 3.0
Bentley College (MA) 3.0
Miami University–Oxford (Farmer) (OH)* 3.0
Pepperdine University (Graziadio) (CA) 3.0
Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst. (Lally) (NY) 3.0
Santa Clara University (Leavey) (CA) 3.0
University of Alabama (Culverhouse) * 3.0
University of Connecticut * 3.0
University of Kentucky (Gatton) * 3.0
University of Miami (FL) 3.0
University of Oregon (Lundquist) * 3.0
Louisiana State U.–Baton Rouge (Ourso) * 2.9
North Carolina State U.–Raleigh * 2.9
Northeastern University (MA) 2.9
Rochester Inst. of Technology (NY) 2.9
San Diego State University * 2.9
University at Buffalo–SUNY universityatbuffalosuny * 2.9
University of Illinois–Chicago * 2.9
Univ. of Massachusetts–Amherst (Isenberg) * 2.9
Univ. of Nebraska–Lincoln * 2.9
American University (Kogod) (DC) 2.8
Baylor University (Hankamer) (TX) 2.8
DePaul University (IL) 2.8
Fordham University (NY) 2.8
Iowa State University * 2.8
Texas Christian University (Neeley) 2.8
Texas Tech University (Rawls) * 2.8
United States Air Force Acad. (CO)* 2.8
Univ. of California–Riverside * 2.8
University of Richmond (Robins) (VA) 2.8
Clemson University (SC)* 2.7
Colorado State University * 2.7
Lehigh University ¶ 2.7
Marquette University (WI) 2.7
Ohio University * 2.7
Oklahoma State University * 2.7
Rutgers–New Brunswick (NJ)* 2.7
St. Louis University 2.7
Temple University (Fox) ¶* 2.7
University of Alabama–Birmingham * 2.7
University of Delaware * 2.7
University of Denver (Daniels) 2.7
University of Houston (Bauer) * 2.7
University of Mississippi * 2.7
University of San Diego 2.7
Washington and Lee University (VA) 2.7
Washington State University * 2.7
California State U.–Los Angeles * 2.6
Cal Poly–San Luis Obispo * 2.6
George Mason University (VA)* 2.6
James Madison University (VA)* 2.6
Kansas State University * 2.6
Loyola University Chicago 2.6
Rutgers–Newark (NJ)* 2.6
Seton Hall University (Stillman) (NJ) 2.6
University of Louisville (KY)* 2.6
Univ. of Missouri–Kansas City (Bloch) * 2.6
U. of North Carolina–Charlotte (Belk) * 2.6
University of Texas–Arlington * 2.6
University of Texas–Dallas * 2.6
Univ. of Wisconsin–Milwaukee * 2.6
Villanova University ¶ 2.6
Virginia Commonwealth University * 2.6
Drexel University (LeBow) ¶ 2.5
Loyola Marymount University (CA) 2.5
Oregon State University * 2.5
Pace University (Lubin) (NY) 2.5
San Jose State University (CA)* 2.5
SUNY–Albany * 2.5
Trinity University (TX) 2.5
University of Central Florida * 2.5
University of Cincinnati * 2.5
University of Memphis (Fogelman) * 2.5
University of New Mexico (Anderson) * 2.5
University of San Francisco (McLaren) 2.5


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What EC’s do you have? Your 4.0 GPA and your rank#1 won’t help you get a spot. Do you have any leadership experience? Do you hold a position in a club? Are you a writer/editor for your school newspaper/magazine? Do you have volunteer work? Do you play sports? Have you won any, or many, scholarships? Have you competed in national/state/regional tournaments? Do you have high SAT scores (these do matter for some companies)? Do you have recommendations from professors? Can you interview well? If they ask you to respond to a scenario posed in last week’s WSJ, can you do that? (check the other threads, someone was asked this in a PHONE interview)