<p>So I was pretty set on WashU until I got a call today from Georgetown saying I got off the waitlist (for the artsci college). Now I absolutely loveee WashU but the one thing I'm worried about is finding jobs/internships. I don't really know what I want to major in (econ, pysch, polisci, neuroscience, ???) which is why I want to not only take different classes but also try out different internship opportunities. Has anyone had firsthand experience with the WashU career center? Also, does anyone know if WashU still has good connections with companies outside of Missouri? Those are really my main concerns =/</p>
<p>I posted this list elsewhere, but here it is again. It is a list of the schools interviewing ON CAMPUS at Olin during the past school year. Companies listed more than once were on campus more than once. Some of these were specifically for internships, though most were not. You can go to the Olin calendar to see more. Pretty sure some of these companies are outside of MO. :-)</p>
<p>3M Corporation
Abercrombie & Fitch Co.
Accenture
Aegon Insurance Group
Alvarez & Marsal Business Consulting, LLC
Ameren Energy
Ameren Energy
Analysis Group
Anheuser-Busch
Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc.
AT&T
Bain & Company
Bain & Company
Bain & Company
Balyasny Asset Management (BAM)
Bank of America
BASES, The Nielsen Company
BASES, The Nielsen Company
Baylor, College of Medicine
Best Buy
Best Buy
Bloomingdale's
Bloomingdales/Macy's
Booz-Allen
Boston Consulting Group (BCG)
Boston Scientific
Brown Shoe
Capital One
Capital One
Capital One
CIBC World Markets
Citi
Citi
Citi, Inc.
Commerce Bank
ConAgra Foods, Inc.
ConAgra Foods, Inc.
Conagra Foods, Inc.
Conley & Associates
Conley & Company
Cooper Industries
Cooper Industries
Cooper Industries
Cooper Industries
D.E. Shaw & Company
Deloitte Consulting
Development Strategies, Inc.
ECG Management Consultants
Edward Jones
Edward Jones
Edward Jones
Edward Jones
Edward Jones
Emerson
Emerson
Epic Systems
Epic Systems
Epic Systems Corporation
Ernst & Young
Essilor
Exeter
ExxonMobil
ExxonMobil
Federal Reserve Bank STL
First National Bank of Omaha
First National Bank of Omaha
Frito-Lay
Frito-Lay
General Electric
General Electric
General Mills - finance intern
General Mills (finance)
General Mills (promotion intern)
General Mills (Promotions)
General Mills, Inc.
General Mills, Inc.
General Mills, Inc.
Goldman Sachs
Google
Google
Hawker Beechcraft Corp.
Hawker Beechcraft Corp.
Humana
Humana
Humana
INROADS
International Paper
International Paper
Janssen Ortho-McNeil
Johnson & Johnson International
Johnson & Johnson Int'l
JP Morgan
Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc.
Koch Industries (Business Dev)
Koch Industries (Commercial Trainee)
KPMG
Lancaster Pollard & Co.
Lehman Brothers
Lehman Brothers
M3 Capital Partners
Macy's Midwest
Macy's Midwest
MasterCard Worldwide
MB Financial Bank
McCormack Baron Salazar
McMaster Carr
Mercer
Mercer
Monsanto
Morgan Keegan
Morgan Stanley
Morningstar, Inc.
Motorola
National City
National City
Navigant Consulting
NERA Economic Consulting
Nestle Purina Pet Care Company
Noble International
Northwestern Investment Management Co.
Peabody Energy
Perficient
Perficient
Progressive Insurance
Protiviti
Quad Graphics
Raymond James
RBC Capital Markets
RBC Capital Markets
Renaissance Financial
Robert W. Baird and Company Inc.
Sonoma Partners
Sponsors for Educational Opportunity (SEO)
Sponsors for Educational Opportunity (SEO)
SRC Holdings Corporation
SRC Holdings Corporation
Steve & Barry's
Steve & Barry's Sortswear
Stifel Nicolaus
Stifel Nicolaus
Stifel Nicolaus
Target
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)
Tata Consulting Services (TCS)
United Airlines
Wal-Mart
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
Western-Southern
Western-Southern Financial Group
Yahoo
Yahoo
Yahoo!</p>
<p>that's an impressive list. but i'm not in olin!
also, how does that compare to other schools (like gtown)?</p>
<p>Well, the psych department has position, Coordinator of Internships in Psychology, so it must be important to them. </p>
<p>Undergraduate</a> Program @ Department of Psychology</p>
<p>You can pretty much do a search of each department you're interested in at both universities and see what's available. Washu has strong programs in psychology, political science, neuroscience. Not familiar with economics.</p>
<p>In all honesty, connections are what YOU make, not what a specific college makes for you. If you want to make connections in the political realm, are you planning on doing any post-undergrad work? That's when going to a DC school will help you the most. Aside from that, go to the school you like the most, and while you're there proactively set up your own connections to the best of your ability. My brother personally went to a college in Illinois (where I/my family are from) but through a bit of work got an internship in NY- they flew him in the summer of his junior year (he applied for this, it wasn't offered through his school). Having a college do the legwork for you is convenient, but by no means necessary, and sometimes doing the hard work (calling, inquiring, setting up relations) makes you seem more motivated and lets you stand out as an individual.</p>
<p>(EDIT: sorry for the thread revival, didn't realize till after I posted)</p>