Ivy Sophomore Needing A Lot of Help
I am a sophomore trying to get my feet wet in the finance industry, specifically IB / S&T. I don't have much industry experience, but I still want to apply for summer internships at BBs this summer. Any advice will be extremely useful. Feel free to ask any questions. Thank you!
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Good format, a few tips:
--SAT/ACT scores? Especially if it was good
--Teaching Assistant --> add something to "rewrote the book" -- maybe you did some research or something?
--Restaurant -- could combine first two points: "served food and drinks...in fast paced environment"
You should apply to the sophomore programs. You have a good shot at getting interviews, especially if you are a URM or female and can apply to diversity programs.
If you get the interviews you just have to be able to convey your interest in finance -- looking at your resume, it also looks catered to consulting and doesn't have any real work experience. Try reaching out to alums and get them to help you out with the sophomore programs interview process
I have few points to share:
Get involve with your business school clubs; e.g. Investment club or any other finance/baking/accounting related club and start getting some leadership experience.
Get involve with student government: Finance related positions.
Get into any investment management opportunities that your B-school may offer.
Start asking question to professor/professionals in the industry.
NETWORKING!
Good luck.
Hi from a fellow rower! If you had any leadership positions while on the rowing team, make sure to flesh those out in your "on-campus" section; athletics is almost always viewed positively, especially by fellow athletes. Flesh out your fraternity leadership, too, since you have a lot of it.
Now that we have that out of the way, your goal should be to save space for your more relevant experiences. The Deans List/High Honor roll stuff can be condensed into one line under each education section; I'd remove the Bermuda part.
On to the actual experience section ... you have some great experience (like "• Rewrote the university course textbook under the guidance of a University professor, • Instructed 80 prospective students on various hospitality topics") but it needs t be fleshed out. Show your results: "Rewrote the university course textbook under the guidance of a professor, resulting in increased understanding of the course material by the student body and XX% gains on exam scores" or something to that extent. I'd especially flesh out the Consulting Club section and be very specific about the projects you worked on and what your results were. I'd also get rid of the MS Office/Public Speaking skills section; that's way too generic to make a difference. The certifications you have are great as well, but I wouldn't include them -- they don't add too much to your profile. If you were certified in a language or Bloomberg or something, I'd put that on there, but other than that, it's just an extra line that could be put to better use.
I hope some of that is useful. Feel free to PM me with your edits.
I wouldn't highlight school of hotel administration - I don't see why you would emphasize that unless you are applying for a job specific to that. Put BSc with concentration in finance and minor in real estate in the first line instead and just Cumulative GPA: 3.8/4.0 in the second line. I would probably remove the vacation on Bahamas, though it does give you something to talk about. Fix the formatting if you keep it. Would remove the banquet thing as it doesn't seem relevant. Would expand on consulting, varsity rowing and possibly fraternity leadership positions as dcrowoar suggested. You are not expected to have work experience at this stage, which is why it is okay to expand on the extracurricular section. Put scuba under interests and remove the certifications, just write photography (the other thing looks weird).
In general it looks good and you have a pretty solid experience - hit your network from cornell, boarding school, fraternity, rowing and family/friends and I'm sure you'll land a good position for next summer.
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