<p>I previously posted a question like this in another thread and it was thoughtfully answered, but I was just searching for a little more information. What would be the chances of getting an interview for an internship or analyst position from Brown with a solid GPA (I'm absolutely shooting for 3.75+) some good leadership experiences, and an internship at a large, well-known law firm (gotten through personal connections)? Family also has connection with Accenture but I don't know if I can get anything out of that.</p>
<p>I am also open to different degree combinations from Brown as I am not exactly sure what I would like to study yet. </p>
<p>Which of the following degrees would be most hirable? </p>
<p>-Econ and International Relations
-International Relations and Philosophy
-International Relations and Anthropology
-History and Econ or History and International Relations </p>
<p>I would go with one of the Econ majors assuming you can maintain the same extracurricular/leadership involvement and GPA regardless of dual major chosen. Regarding whether to go with history or international relations that depends on your interests, since one question will be why did you choose that as your dual major and how, if at all, does that tie into banking (or your interest in banking). Beyond that, the law internship is good, but won’t help you in banking, unless you are interning in a restructuring/M&A type of group and provide some useful/valuable assistance (not just fetching coffee and filing). </p>
<p>If you can point to some valuable experience earned by the law internship, it will help you, however, you will need to explain why you accepted it, and why you are not interested in law and are interested in banking instead - you will need to be able to answer the “why IB and not law” question very well to avoid lingering doubt or assumed confusion about your career interests/path. </p>
<p>Brown is a great school, and if you network properly, keep your GPA up, and go for the opportunities, you should definitely have a good chance at landing an internship, and, ultimately, down the line, a FT offer.</p>
<p>PM me if you have any other questions and good luck.</p>
<p>Thank you for the response. Yeah, I am definitely more interested in banking than law, but knew that the internship couldn’t hurt. I’m excited to attend Brown and know that I am lucky to attend a place in which I can get a good job if I take the proper steps and do well. </p>
<p>You need to make sure your resume shows that you are genuinely interested in banking. There are hordes of polisci majors whose entire resume screams “prelaw” without even a finance internship or investment club position at their university. They do very poorly in IB recruiting for obvious reasons, even the ones from ivies.</p>
<p>So is the Law internship not a good idea? What else can I do to demonstrate interest beside the typical investment club and stuff like that? I’m definitely going to try to get in with Accenture though.</p>
<p>Accenture isn’t really a help either since it’s a consultancy. Sure it’s better than nothing at all, but you are far better positioned if you get a proper finance or banking internship rather than some kind of law/polisci/consulting internship. The only real exceptions here are if you get a position at the White House or with Bain or some other top-of-the-pile place – these would help regardless of their total irrelevance to finance.</p>
<p>Nauru- I see your point, but I do know that if other things do not work out, I could always try with Acc. However, I am going to try to navigate my own path and try the typical BB IB internship to analyst and then hopefully on to my MBA and a PE or VC job. So with an economics and international relations degree with a 3.7+ and some leadership, am I good? Thank you!</p>
<p>Basically, if you’re unable to get where you want to go, it will not have been because of a 3.7 in econ/intl relations from brown. This choice of degree will not hold you back.</p>