Once you get into a T10 school, the competition really begins

[Anonymous]

Northwestern University- great school. Econ major has tried twice (fall and winter quarter) to get into a competitive finance club and was rejected. He wrote essays, gave presentations, and had to sit and answer very hard questions. Just a reminder that getting in is really half (or a quarter) of the battle.

[Anonymous]

He should have spent less time writing essays and more time hanging out with the people deciding who gets in.

[Anonymous]

Totally disagree. Nobody cares about some “competitive finance club.”

[Anonymous]

Your son is a freshman. Come back in five years and you’ll change your tune.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Northwestern University- great school. Econ major has tried twice (fall and winter quarter) to get into a competitive finance club and was rejected. He wrote essays, gave presentations, and had to sit and answer very hard questions. Just a reminder that getting in is really half (or a quarter) of the battle.

I think most DCUM posters don't have any idea what it really takes at the top schools (for non female and non URM), aside from actually getting admitted, to begin with.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Northwestern University- great school. Econ major has tried twice (fall and winter quarter) to get into a competitive finance club and was rejected. He wrote essays, gave presentations, and had to sit and answer very hard questions. Just a reminder that getting in is really half (or a quarter) of the battle.

I think most DCUM posters don't have any idea what it really takes at the top schools (for non female and non URM), aside from actually getting admitted, to begin with.

Lots of us do. Finance club aside, the hardest part of the school was getting in.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Northwestern University- great school. Econ major has tried twice (fall and winter quarter) to get into a competitive finance club and was rejected. He wrote essays, gave presentations, and had to sit and answer very hard questions. Just a reminder that getting in is really half (or a quarter) of the battle.

I think most DCUM posters don't have any idea what it really takes at the top schools (for non female and non URM), aside from actually getting admitted, to begin with.

Lots of us do. Finance club aside, the hardest part of the school was getting in.

+1

Tell him to work on his soft skills and make friends with some club members. Alternatively, forget about the club and get a relevant job or internship. He'll be fine.

[Anonymous]

Finance club / investing club is so cringe at t10s.

[Anonymous]

Should have gone to a top undergraduate business program.

[Anonymous]

tell them to start their own club, something like chicks in finance students who like to have fun and are not worried about things.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Northwestern University- great school. Econ major has tried twice (fall and winter quarter) to get into a competitive finance club and was rejected. He wrote essays, gave presentations, and had to sit and answer very hard questions. Just a reminder that getting in is really half (or a quarter) of the battle.

It is like that at many schools though. Not just top 10. Lots of gatekeeping.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Northwestern University- great school. Econ major has tried twice (fall and winter quarter) to get into a competitive finance club and was rejected. He wrote essays, gave presentations, and had to sit and answer very hard questions. Just a reminder that getting in is really half (or a quarter) of the battle.

It is like that at many schools though. Not just top 10. Lots of gatekeeping.

Yes but if that gate is closed, and it is because you only get in if you schmooze the right people, there are other ways. Keep at it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Totally disagree. Nobody cares about some “competitive finance club.”

It is good to get in but not essential. I know several kids that got into tipopy top law schools from T10s after being rejected from debate and mock trial and all that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Northwestern University- great school. Econ major has tried twice (fall and winter quarter) to get into a competitive finance club and was rejected. He wrote essays, gave presentations, and had to sit and answer very hard questions. Just a reminder that getting in is really half (or a quarter) of the battle.

It is like that at many schools though. Not just top 10. Lots of gatekeeping.

Yes but if that gate is closed, and it is because you only get in if you schmooze the right people, there are other ways. Keep at it.

Ok but I don't really care. My point is that OP thinks it is just like that at "top schools". It's not.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Northwestern University- great school. Econ major has tried twice (fall and winter quarter) to get into a competitive finance club and was rejected. He wrote essays, gave presentations, and had to sit and answer very hard questions. Just a reminder that getting in is really half (or a quarter) of the battle.

It is like that at many schools though. Not just top 10. Lots of gatekeeping.

Yes but if that gate is closed, and it is because you only get in if you schmooze the right people, there are other ways. Keep at it.

Ok but I don't really care. My point is that OP thinks it is just like that at "top schools". It's not.

That is fine. The point was that the journey through college is high difficulty. That is not much discussed on here.