<p>janieblue, </p>
<p>Let’s be careful to distinguish what winners do AFTER they finish at Oxford and what they do before they win. </p>
<p>Let us hypothesize, for a moment, that the Rhodes Trust is looking for people that will change the world, with high empathy for the less advantaged (not saying this is the case, just making an example). As already mentioned by others, doing an IBanking internship is not thought by most adults to be an indicator of such traits. But, why is it so surprising that some of these same world changers will conclude, after two or more years of maturity and education, that the best path for them to accomplish their world changing goals personally is through finance?</p>
<p>Strikes me as a pretty rational approach. </p>
<p>To put it another way, seeking an internship while in college in certain fields signals something very different than an employment choice.</p>
<p>You may also notice that Qalbani seems to have done a rather less than traditional I banking internship.</p>