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<p>newmassdad: Yes, I absolutely agree with your comments. My point is that regardless of what else was on his resume (and I’m not privy to that-- but perhaps you are), he did, in fact, spend more than one summer doing IB internship(s). I doubt seriously he’s the first (or the last) potential Rhodes Scholar to do so.</p>
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<p>Yes, and this particular Scholar did IB internship(s) BEFORE he won and went to Oxford.</p>
<p>Again, all things being equal, I do not think a banking internship would hurt a prospective Scholar. By “all things being equal,” I mean-- the person would have to have a lot of additional impressive (perhaps even connected) involvement going on, which would obviously enhance his/her background for this particular fellowship. Certainly, I agree with your assessment in the post above about what they might be looking for in a potential Scholar.</p>
<p>As an aside, I don’t know where you picked up that his particular IB summer internship(s) were “less than traditional” as my earlier post never suggested that:</p>
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