What are my chances?

RishiB
Wed, 25 Jan 2012 01:19:44 +0000

I’m currently a freshman but I’ll be obtaining a BBA from Ross School of Business as well as a BSc in Industrial and Operations Engineering (co-incidentally ranked 2nd in the world for the specific program if that means anything).

I will have a pretty decent GPA when I apply for internships towards the end of Sophomore year as I have a 4.0 as of now and this semester doesn’t indicate that there will be any changes to that, thus far.

Also, this summer I’ll be doing summer courses for my dual degree and then a 3-4 week short internship at either Barclays, ABN Amro Bank or HDFC (a government bank in India; this is 100% guaranteed but I’m hoping for Barclays).

In terms of extra-curriculars, I’m currently in a selective investments club. Outside the club it is very well known but, unfortunately, the people inside know that you don’t actually learn anything from it.

Essentially, I was wondering that if my GPA maintains and with the banking internship this summer, what kind of chances would I have for Goldman Sachs summer analyst during either sophomore summer or junior summer assuming I don’t add any more clubs to my extra-curriculars?

I’m asking because I know these are very important but the reputed investment clubs (other than the one I’m in) have an acceptance rate of about 6-8% so I’m preparing for the worst case scenario.

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