<p>Well I made the mistake and applied to cas instead of stern. I realized that I wanted to major in business and work on wall st. but instead I'm stuck in cas :( So now I have to made due with what I have. Transferring to stern is extremely competitive, so thats probably not possible. So what is the best way to study business without transferring to stern? Should I major in economics and double minor in pre-business and history? Or should I just major what I originally intended to, which is double major in history and econ and take as many finance classes (up to 16 credits) in stern as possible? How will this affect any job prospects and internships? </p>
<p>Btw is econ really math intensive? Thx for the replies y'all.</p>
<p>definitely take economics and math classes. If you definitely want a job you can get a Ph.D in those and become a quantitative analyst haha. </p>
<p>But the number 1 thing you have to do is network. I've seen 3.0 GSP students hire over 3.8 Stern Students to top places because some alumni was in their frat. Definitely get internships, definitely take interview workshops, definitely meet upperclassmen that can get you internships, definitely meet alumni. I'd recommend you join a bunch of stern clubs (no rule that you have to be in stern) and become friends with all those people. Make sure you become actual friends and go out drinking with them and such, and not just have a academic/club relationship with them. </p>
<p>You're GPA and major matter a lot less than it probably should in the finance world...(I'm not complaining or anything, I just got a kick ass internship at blackrock through a friend)</p>
<p>I have to say, all I did was get a decent GPA and go to like 2 clubs in Stern (and not even really participating very much) and I ended up working for a financial planner summer before and during junior year, top ibank summer after junior year, small hedge fund during senior year, and will be working for one of the 5 largest hedge funds after graduation...</p>
<p>So yeah, it's better to network, but I didn't and did fine, lol. But do well at something...</p>
<p>financial planner job: regular Careernet (it wasn't really an internship, more like a part-time job)
junior year summer internship: OCR & Interviewnet
small hedge fund internship: one of the guys at my summer job quit the bank and went to work for the hedge fund, so he was like 'hey, we need interns :D'
hedge fund (after graduation): OCR & Interviewnet</p>
<p>If you're a sophomore, Careernet might not be helping you out too much because recruiters don't really have any formal internships just for sophomores, though I did have a couple of sophomores as my fellow interns during my junior year internship. </p>
<p>Also, if you want the stuff that's posted in the normal Careernet, you basically have to apply to only posts that are at most a week old. I tried for a month or two to just apply to every post that looked interesting to me, but the reply rate was awful - I later figured out that there was no way people were still looking for kids to fill job positions a month after they posted he job...</p>
<p>how competitive is interviewnet? I've heard mixed things, although everyone acknowledges its better than careernet. Do most people in Stern get a decent finance internship for the summer and what GPA and stuff is needed?</p>
<p>I don't think Careernet is competitive, it's just Interviewnet is geared just towards recruiting kids for these formal summer internships, so it's easier to apply to like 20-30 positions that are essentially exactly the same within a week or two, so the success rate seems higher.</p>
<p>I'd say the majority of kids get summer internships for the summer after junior year. At least, out of all the kids I knew in my grade, everyone did... For the other years, it's much less likely, just because the programs aren't geared towards those grade levels.</p>
<p>I think a 3.2 or something is around the minimum cutoff they have on the Interviewnet job postings (most posts will specify GPAs & majors they want), but I think I may have seen 3.5s. You're going to want at least a 3.5 to make sure your resume will get looked at, but if you have other things on there that will compensate, then it's not quite as big of a deal.</p>