<p>Just wanted to let people know my experience. Most junior transfers are trying to get an internship after their junior year at their new school.</p>
<p>I never thought this would happen, but most prestigious (and even lesser known) companies don't like the fact that you went to a CC. When they get flooded by tons of resumes, some of those companies automatically put yours in the "rejected" pile, just because of your CC background. </p>
<p>Unfortunately I've found out about this a bit late and have been rejected by several companies I was really interested in. Those were all on-campus recruiting positions.</p>
<p>How did you know the reason you got rejected is because of your CC background?
"When they get flooded by tons of resumes, some of those companies automatically put yours in the "rejected" pile, just because of your CC background."
Are you sure about this?</p>
<p>How do they even find out? I know someone who transferred from De Anza to Cornell and now works on Wall Street. He said he just has the school he graduated from on his resume.</p>
<p>nuveen:
you're right, that's basically what you have to do. I didn't say it's impossible to land an I-Banking job, it's just very (too) hard if you have the CC background on your resume. After I took it off of mine, I kept getting calls from companies. </p>
<p>I've talked to a couple people, some analysts from Merrill Lynch and Goldman, plus a couple recruiters told me that they tend to ignore CC students.</p>
<p>Once the interview comes around, it's hard to not mention your CC past. But at that point, it shouldn't be a problem anymore.</p>
<p>I was reading an old article in teh WSJ the other day and it said that some recruiters believe that for a student to transfer to a better college is a good thing because it shows that they are dedicated for success, driven, etc...but sadly I believe why they wouldn't readily accept a CC student. I guess the only thing to do is make sure you emphasize those qualities in your cover letter and make coming in from a CC a positive thing for you. It's a tough game. I'm still waiting for interviews...</p>
<p>I really don't think the priority that CC students get in transfer admissions helps either. It tells the employer that the person had an easier time getting in than regular freshman applicants. I don't really know how seriously top ibanking firms would take a 4.0 from a CC.</p>
<p>"Once the interview comes around, it's hard to not mention your CC past. But at that point, it shouldn't be a problem anymore."</p>
<p>From what I've heard, nothing on that matter even comes up. "No one even asks" is what the Cornell grad told me.
And it's not as if you send them your transcripts or anything. I don't really see what the big deal is.
My cousin didn't even conceal it (because he had some pretty good ec's while he was still in the bay area). He graduated from UCLA after transferring from De Anza, and ended up doing M&A at Lehman Brothers and is now an associate at The Carlyle Group.</p>
<p>Woah, this thread (particularly nuveen's post right above this one) has brought major closure to me on this issue regarding internships and landing jobs and big finance institutions. Just don't mention CC name on resume, only the name of the school one graduates from. Got it!</p>
<p>"And it's not as if you send them your transcripts or anything"</p>
<p>Yes you do. It obviously depends on the company, but most places I've seen either ask that you bring your transcript to the interview or they do their background check after the interview process. </p>
<p>However, I don't see why there should be a problem with not including the CC in your resume. I'm sure we all have a bunch of things we did but didn't include it in there because it was irrelevent. If they ask, you can use that argument. Now you have earned a BA and it shouldn't be a problem that you came from a CC.</p>
<p>I can just speak from my experience. About the transcripts, 95% of the firms I applied to asked for them.</p>
<p>During the interview, your Cornell friend might have been lucky, but during a phone interview this week, my interviewer wanted to know about my academics before UCLA, and so there was no way of not telling him. I'll let you guys know if I get a 2nd round interview, because he didn't sound too excited about the whole CC thing.</p>
<p>One poster said that transferring shows one's dedication. Well, it does, but that still doesn't make you any more qualified compared to the students who managed to keep a high GPA at the 4-year-school.</p>
<p>Sorry, what exactly does "CC" stand for? I mean, I have a general idea.<br>
But anyway, I'm a freshman at Colgate University but I want, no NEED to transfer out of here (Gtown, Swat, Barnard). Will I be less affected by the whole CC/internship thing since I'm transferring after my first year? I have a 4.0 right now.</p>
<p>yeah similar to what jh87 asked, now i am wondering if transferring from NYU to Georgetown MSB will matter like going from CC to 4 year prestigious school. any opinions? </p>
<p>also in resumes, do you include your previous schools if you trasnferred or is that a matter of personal choice?</p>
<p>I would imagine that going from NYU or Colgate to Gtown would show the things I talked about in my first post because they are both very good schools and I'm sure a lot of good firms recruit there.</p>
<p>I'm not so sure about this. It might vary between fields, but I had no problem impressing potential employers. I was looking for a paid internship, which requires a more competitive course of interviews than unpaid internships do. It DID take me longer than I'd have liked to land a job, but not because of my CC background. It was, in every case, due to my schedule since the quarter system is entirely incompatible with the way most internship programs are set up. </p>
<p>However, I had tooooons of calls and I had a great deal of positive feedback for my resume, CC experience included. In fact, my current employer and others that interviewed me actually seemed rather impressed that I was able to transfer so promptly and into the selective program that I'm in. I never got anything but kudos regarding the CC thing. </p>
<p>All I can say about internships is write a kickass cover letter, sell yourself really well, and distribute it WIDELY. That means apply for everything you're interested in and think you can handle. It also means checking internship listings every day. </p>
<p>But I really can't imagine getting turned down for internships solely due to experience at a CC. If you really think that it'd have an impact on your chances, or would land you in an automatic rejection pile, just work on highlighting other aspects of your resume and experience to make up for it. Make yourself stand out so that the CC BS is irrelevant.</p>
<p>one problem for me is that i don't have a GPA from my school yet (spring admit) so its going to be hard to have credibility based only on my old school grades (which aren't so hot either).</p>