<p>What sort of internship opportunities are available to econ students at Michigan? Do top companies recruit econ students like they do Ross students? Thanks!</p>
<p>yes it’s possible, but econ majors have to do a lot of the leg work by looking for interviews on their own. the ross career center puts a lot of effort to setting up their bba’s with internship interviews.</p>
<p>you probably need to network a bit before getting positions that b school students get.</p>
<p>A bit? A BIT?!</p>
<p>You’ve got to be kidding me. Econ doesn’t come CLOSE to Ross in terms of recruiting. That’s seriously a joke - a bit? Well, I suppose it really depends on what you want to do. All of the top banks recruit at the B-school, many other banks outside the top as well, and LSA has maybe a couple (and they’re not the top ones). There are a ton of postings on the LSA Career Center Connector, but the top companies go to Ross, not LSA. You will have to network your A$$ off, in addition to having very good grades and extracurriculars/prior work experience to even have a SHOT at INTERVIEWS with the top places that recruit at Ross. Fact.</p>
<p>norcalryn, I don’t know whether you’re an incoming UM student or a freshman or whoever, but here’s my advice: if you’re primarily focused on top companies, I HIGHLY recommend Ross, just because of the recruiting resources. It IS possible to land good internships doing Econ, but it is SIGNIFICANTLY harder because the top companies aren’t dropped into your lap like it is for Ross students. I’m mainly referring to banking, but I’m not sure what you’re interested in (you may not even know what you’re interested until later down the road). There just happens to be an addiction to banks in Ross. If you want further information please feel free to PM me, I would be happy to discuss the topic further - I’m a junior econ major who just went through internship recruiting and I’d be glad to provide you with advice. I’m very familiar with the business school, as I’ve taken and am taking some classes at Ross, am part of extracurricular activities at Ross, am friends with many BBAs, just networked with many companies that recruit at Ross, etc. (basically I’ve got a pretty good view of both sides).</p>
<p>"A bit? A BIT?!</p>
<p>You’ve got to be kidding me. Econ doesn’t come CLOSE to Ross in terms of recruiting. That’s seriously a joke - a bit? Well, I suppose it really depends on what you want to do. All of the top banks recruit at the B-school, many other banks outside the top as well, and LSA has maybe a couple (and they’re not the top ones). There are a ton of postings on the LSA Career Center Connector, but the top companies go to Ross, not LSA. You will have to network your A$$ off, in addition to having very good grades and extracurriculars/prior work experience to even have a SHOT at INTERVIEWS with the top places that recruit at Ross. Fact.</p>
<p>norcalryn, I don’t know whether you’re an incoming UM student or a freshman or whoever, but here’s my advice: if you’re primarily focused on top companies, I HIGHLY recommend Ross, just because of the recruiting resources. It IS possible to land good internships doing Econ, but it is SIGNIFICANTLY harder because the top companies aren’t dropped into your lap like it is for Ross students. I’m mainly referring to banking, but I’m not sure what you’re interested in (you may not even know what you’re interested until later down the road). There just happens to be an addiction to banks in Ross. If you want further information please feel free to PM me, I would be happy to discuss the topic further - I’m a junior econ major who just went through internship recruiting and I’d be glad to provide you with advice. I’m very familiar with the business school, as I’ve taken and am taking some classes at Ross, am part of extracurricular activities at Ross, am friends with many BBAs, just networked with many companies that recruit at Ross, etc. (basically I’ve got a pretty good view of both sides)."</p>
<p>BS BS and more BS. I am not in Ross. I dont even network. I emailed my resume to the recruiters in charge of BBs and MBB that do not recruit outside of Ross. I had on campus first rounds with every single BB except for JPM for S&T (phone for BAML) and M/B/B (All they have to do is manually add you to the close lists before bidding starts).
I havn’t really been to any classes the past three weeks because of all these interviews. Maybe your resume just isnt that good.</p>
<p>eh, nothing either of you said contradicts. engineering, which bearcats is in, is good for s&t and mbb, but not really banking. ross is good for banking, top consulting, and is decent for s&t. econ isnt really well recruited by any of those (mckinsey kind of likes econ majors though).</p>
<p>bearcats, i can almost guarantee you wouldnt have had the results you’ve had if you were in econ instead of engineering, not only for this year but also for last summer’s internship in houston (which definitely played a role in your interview success).</p>
<p>Once again bearcats, do not delude the original poster using evidence from a rare case. And way to not mention that you apparently had an internship on your resume already to help you. If you’re an econ major with good grades and extracurrics but without a SOLID internship on your resume, which is the case for MOST people, what I said holds. Use your brain please.</p>
<p>And you’re wrong about the ability to be manually added to the closed list. Non-Ross students are not allowed to be on closed lists by rule. However, they can set up “off the record” interviews for you, some of which I received. Once again, do not delude the OP by speaking to extremes; they are rare.</p>
<p>I agree with Giants in some respects. At many elite universities, like Brown, Columbia, Darmouth, Duke, Harvard, Northwestern, Princeton, Stanford and Yale, undergrads have no Business school career office to help them find jobs. As such, their Arts and Sciences colleges have established very strong career offices over the last 20-30 years in order to help their students stay competitive and find jobs in exclusive firms. Unfortunately, Michigan has not kept up in this regard. The University probably assumes that most students interested in IBanking and MC jobs will end up enrolled at Ross. This is unfortunate because there are literally dozens, if not over ahundred Econ, Math, Political Science, Physics etc… majors who graduate each year who have the ability and the desire to work in such industries as IBanking and MC. I would love to see the LSA career office grow some teeth and claws and work harder to attract recruiters. I believe this is one of the few areas where the University can truly improve. </p>
<p>This said, I think that Giants paints a somewhat bleak and pesimistic picture. Many major firms recruit LSA and CoE students at their respective colleges, including Goldman Sachs and McKinsey. In fact, most of the major IBanks and MCs recruit directly at the CoE, but some (like GS and McKinsey) do at LSA too.</p>
<p>Very valid first paragraph, I agree. Many people don’t know what they want to do when they’re freshmen (or even know what IB or MC is).</p>
<p>I can’t speak for the CoE, but Goldman Sachs did not have single job posting on LSA this year. McKinsey did post on LSA for their Summer BA position, but their interviews were given mainly to business students. So no, GS does not recruit directly at LSA. </p>
<p>It’s not pessimistic, it’s realistic. The DIRECT recruiting of LSA students, in terms of companies with job postings for ON CAMPUS interviews FOR WHICH YOU CAN DROP YOUR RESUME, is horrendous when compared with Ross. This is not debatable. You have to do YOU’RE OWN WORK to get noticed by the TOP COMPANIES coming from LSA, for the most part.</p>