<p>Hey everyone,
I'm a freshman at Dartmouth and had a few questions about what could help me get into ibanking/consulting. As a prospective econ or history major, what GPA would be necessary to get interviews with larger banks or top 4 consulting firms. I already have a couple of ECs that wouldnt be considered as "serious" and will join a frat next year but are things such as the investment society worthwhile or will recruiters see them as frivolous on a resume? Finally, what are some worthwhile internships or other things to do the summer after freshman year since most places don't hire freshman.</p>
<p>I think the basic idea GPA wise for banking/consulting type jobs is just to keep it as high as you can. Probably would need to be sky high if you are a history major, could probably go a bit lower for econ…lower still for engineering, etc. </p>
<p>Really, what I think is more important than what specifically your ECs are is your depth of involvement in the one’s that you choose. For example, I do not belong to any of the finance/investing/consulting type groups at Stanford, but I am very active in the LGBT community, just because thats what I wanted to do. Just make sure that you have taken initiative to get some good things done/shown some leadership qualities in whatever groups you are a part of and I think you will be fine.</p>
<p>As for freshman jobs, I only know a few freshmen that have done anything really during their freshman summer. JP Morgan I think has a program thats open to freshmen so you can check that out. but really most freshmen go home and do some random local day job. I worked in a doctor’s office my freshmen summer, and then worked in a BB firm in New York my sophomore summer.</p>