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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This has changed significantly since my time there, but yeah clubs at the school I went to are so competitive now and pre-professional, like tryouts to be part of the consulting club, or the investment club. In my day, the clubs were pretty relaxed and nobody cared about pre-professional clubs.

Freshmen are also WAY more intense because the recruiting cycle for jobs starts in your sophomore year fall.[/quote]

Can you help me understand this? The recruiting for jobs start sophomore year? So, if a student falls short in that process, what does that mean? They never have a chance at a good job? 
Sorry I’m so obtuse, I’m new to this mindset. [/quote]

[b]Companies come on campus and interview first-semester sophomores for summer intern positions (which will be completed after their junior year)[/b] that will likely turn into full time jobs (most of their full time class will be filled with former interns). That means right now they are extending offers for their 2027 entering employee class.

Yes, there are chances to fill additional spots later especially since not every former intern will accept and there are plenty of opportunities later on at places that are smaller, but the easiest way to land a job in certain places (like Goldman Sachs) is through sophomore recruiting. In this process, you are competing based on your resume after freshman year.

That means you need to start building your pre-professional resume the minute you step on campus with clubs (investment club, consulting club, etc.), many of which have competitive recruiting processes--you can't just join. And while the summer after freshman year used to be a time to geta summer job doing something like lifeguarding or retail (what I did at my T5), now it's a time to get some sort of real internship. [/quote]

So you interview, are offered, and accept an internship fall of sophomore year but you don't actually do the internship until the summer after junior year, 1.5 years later? That's nuts.[/quote]

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