<p>I go to Ross of Umich. Currently freshman pre admit.</p>
<p>I have a 4.0
I have A+s across the board</p>
<p>I have leadership positions on my resume. </p>
<p>I got rejected from many internships, including:</p>
<p>microsoft
goldman
BP
Exxon
Intel
google
best buy, summer job -The one down my street.
McDonalds, summer job -The one down my street.</p>
<p>I'm not even joking. WHY???
WHAT THE <strong><em>~!@#!@#!@#!2
WHAT THE *</em></strong> IS THE POINT OF GETTING *<strong><em>ING 4.0s IN *</em></strong>ING BUSINESS SCHOOLS WHEN ***ING BEST BUY REJECTS MY ASS</p>
<p>You're a freshman pre-admit - this means that you have yet to start college, right?</p>
<p>Anyway. Getting a good internship is more than just about the GPA or having leadership activities. Speaking well and looking the part are very important. </p>
<p>Perhaps you have poor interview skills. Try to network - have you tried contacting your parents' friends ?</p>
<p>if you're not in college yet, it'll be difficult to get any of the "prestigious" internships you listed--the first six or so. the last two are stranger, but as happycosmos notes, can be decided by other intangible factors.</p>
<p>WOWWZA! Were u interviewed by all of them? If so, it could be the part where u get asked questions during the interview. I know that every interview I go to, you MUST dress professionally. I mean, you are showcasing what you can do to a company that needs to progress in there work. And part of presenting yourself is showing confidence that you can handle what they give u and doing it well. </p>
<p>Also, if it is the questions they ask, it is more than a YES or NO. You must elaborate on your experiences (not too much) in order for them to get an idea of what you have done and how it has shaped your abilities.</p>
<p>As a freshman it is almost impossible to get an internship at the first six you listed. Companies use internship programs to hire likely employees, so they will hire mostly juniors and seniors who are about to enter the workforce. Your lack of business skills(assuming you are an average freshman, not someone who has worked at those places previously or started his or her own business) might also make it harder for you to find a competitive internship. </p>
<p>Use connections if you have them. My dad's an Investment Representative for Edward Jones Investments and has employed all of us children as teenagers. My brother was a finance major and landed a sweet internship with Smith Barney because of his experience with Edward Jones, my dad's connections, and his great interview skills. The internship in turn helped him land a sweet job with Putnam Investments out of Boston along with my dad's connections with the company. Now he's back here in Texas working as an IR for Edward Jones. My brother is an intelligent person, is highly driven, and will succeed as a stock broker. However, connections help. Make 'em and use 'em.</p>
<p>You dont have to take it down. Most college students have a facebook/myspace. They can always set their pages to private so that employers cant search for them on networking sites. Just b/c u have one of those does not mean its bad at all, unless u posted embarassing pics of yourself.</p>
<p>yes, that could be a reason. You are also a freshman, and the companies you listed have extremely competitive internship programs, getting in isn't easy for anyone. You need experience, and as a freshman I doubt that you can contribute anything valuable to any of these companies. You should work on building your resume by interning wherever you can in your field. </p>
<p>Also, if you interviewed for all of these positions, you must have done something not to get an offer. Go to your career center and ask them to prep you for interviews and get tips. Most top schools will even video tape your interview prep so you can see what you are doing wrong. You'd be surprised how much things like posture and your vocabulary can make or break the deal. Remember, you don't have to be good enough to get these positions, you have to be better than everyone else who is applying/interviewing.</p>
<p>Microsoft, Goldman, Intel, and Google are extremely difficult to get and the reality is that when you are a junior, I would be willing to put my money that you will not get those firms, although you could try something like small startup companies or mid market boutique investment banks... you're not going to get them in your sophomore year, and you might be extremely lucky to get them in your junior (though you literally have to be at the top of your class, and not just in terms of GPA)</p>
<p>I would imagine Exxon and BP to be slightly easier, though they are still extremely competitive.</p>
<p>Also, I'm going to be brutal but you deserved get rejected from those 6 because you don't know anything. Not because you're not a junior, but those internships are the cream of the crop and are for people who know what they want to do. You seem to have no clue... Do you want to go into computer science/engineering? Do you want to go into finance? Do you have a PhD in math and want to design complex algorithms for Google? Naturally you don't have any of the specific abilities required for any of the jobs, so learn about the industries first... so what exactly does goldman sachs do anyway?</p>
<p>Another key factor is that you have to have PASSION for your work. Do you love what your doing and want to succeed in a big corporation. I mean, its what your going to do for the rest of your life after college. If you dont have passion for what you do, your pretty much screwed in the long run and should consider changing career paths.</p>
<p>Don't feel badly Chanman. It is very difficult for freshmen to land such prestigious internships. i know many super smart kids who have sent out 50 resumes, gotten 10 interviews and 0 offers. It is not your CAPS fault either. You have aimed too high, and there are plenty of upper classmen for them to choose from.
Apply, even now, to the offices and small businesses around where you live (home). Or your Statehouse. Be willing to do any work. For no money.</p>
<p>Chanman, you are most definitely a hard-working individual, you 4.0 at Ross is testament, so you should be very proud of yourself.</p>
<p>As for me, a sophomore, I was in your same position just two months ago. I have had internship experiences both in the Middle East financial sector and also in energy consulting here in the US. I've had multiple leadership roles (I'm the president of the consulting club here) on campus and I thought my language skills in Arabic would all culminate to help me land an internship with McKinsey or Booz Allen in their Middle East office. Nope. No interview even. </p>
<p>Being a freshmen, sophomore, makes it extremely difficult to land internships with these top firms because the internship is designed to be a recruiting process. Everybody wants juniors so they can extend them offers for the next year and save money on recruiting. What I did after my rejections was what someone before me mentioned, I searched for mid-level organizations and used my connections with the career center to land an internship with one of the companies that came to campus. I'm not going to have the super brand name on my resume, but the experience will be there when I go for my interviews next year, and when you can wax philosophical about liquified natural gas networks in Egypt, it impresses recruiters regardless of the name of the organization I gained it from.</p>
<p>Hang in there bud. Good luck on Penn as well!</p>
<p>Seems like everyone at UMich Ross applies to transfer to Penn Wharton.</p>
<p>Of course you didn't get internship offers at the top firms. YOU'RE A FRESHMAN. They probably didn't even read your resume. That doesn't mean that you're lacking anything- you just need realistic expectations.</p>