Can someone explain how kids aren't getting into clubs?

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Anonymous wrote:there are 27 or however many investment club, but the most prestigious investment clubs with the best name recognition among high finance recruiters / alumni network will naturally be limited in quantity.

What’s the evidence that recruiters and alumni care about this when hiring?

There is none.

This is good to know.

Sadly, you're wrong. Evidence is as yet anecdotal, but research now under peer review suggests that the influence of club alumni networks in hiring, esp. for finance and consulting, is real and considerable.

Show a source.

As I wrote, the papers are currently under peer review, and thus cannot be cited. Come back to me in 18-24 months.

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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Just dont go to a school where you need clubs to recruit. UCLA, Vanderbilt, CMU, Rice, other lower targets.

you need clubs to recruit at UCLA?

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Anonymous wrote:Most clubs are open. Ones that require a talent or skill usually have a tryout.

IT WAS LIKE THIS WHEN WE WERE YOUNGER, TOO!

+1

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Anonymous wrote:Just dont go to a school where you need clubs to recruit. UCLA, Vanderbilt, CMU, Rice, other lower targets.

you need clubs to recruit at UCLA?

Of course not

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Anonymous wrote:The UVA Pickleball Club has tryouts, and not everyone makes it. You’ve got to be good — really good. UVA won the 2024 Collegiate Pickleball Championship, so standards are high. Stop whining about your kids not getting into every club. Tell them to bring something worth having. Otherwise, stfu.

+1. Same with the Jefferson Society (the longest active debating society in America). You have to go through incredibly rigorous auditions to get in

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Anonymous wrote:My kid is in a pre-professional club. She is horrified at the discussions they have about prospective members. They want kids that have “the look”, favor certain race/ethnicity, are snobby about SAT scores (that are years old for many of these kids who are upperclassmen, hardly seem relevant at this point when they have a college record), try to trick kids and are hostile to them in interviews, etc. She is very turned off by the club, feels excluded, and has not gotten any professional benefit. She will probably drop out.

This sounds awful! Please name the school!

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Agee this whole process at my dc college is very nepotistic.all the investment, consulting clubs favor students who have a certain pedigree and the questions they ask/interview are very unpredictable. Luckily belonging in these clubs might feel like prestige but in the end it depends da on the students individual drive to gather the internships and job offers. Just a lot of noise for poor incoming freshmen the weeks they land on campus.

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I think part of the issue is that students expect to show up on campus and get into clubs. This isn't true. Get you resume ready asap. And expect to get in later for the investing clubs or even the business fraternities. At the same time, you need to find something to join. So, find one that isn't selective and join that one so you have something on the resume.