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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m not aware of any competitive clubs at my DC’s slac. Definitely not the vibe there.

Doesn’t apply to all slacs though. I know CMC has a very competitive investment club. [/quote]

yes to CMC--most clubs and opportunities are competitive and if you're not in by junior year you're shut out of really anything. [/quote]
I just checked the consulting club and this may have changed, but it seems that a lot of sophomores are on the consulting club and there’s plenty freshman. They probably just prefer having students who have done intro macro and micro economics.[/quote]

Boy this is stupid, my version of consulting club was getting a book and discussing a case with a friend to get better at analysis, in preparation for an interview with McKinsey or BCG. Taking economics helps, but they also liked science and engineering backgrounds. Why do you need a club for this?[/quote]
They do career treks and case competitions with consulting firms. You don’t want to be represented by students who know nothing about economics. [/quote]

Ok I’ll pass. It’s more productive to volunteer with a business or economics professor than be filtered out by a sophomore that literally has zero professional experience. [/quote]

You're filtered out if you don't have any connections to get into the club.  These are networking opportunities that can carry forward into internships and job offers.[/quote]

How about this idea: you work for a professor on a research project over the summer and develop some skills besides coursework and do your best to do a great job. Next summer you ask for his help in finding an internship through his industry connections. The following summer you build your resume a little and go to job fairs talk to the few connections you’ve built so far, apply to as many jobs as you can and find an internship on your own. Again you do your best and transition into getting a job offer upon graduation.

It just sounds far more realistic than clubs. I literally know dozens of students that did this and I personally wrote letters of recommendations to some of them. I don’t know of anyone that found a job through a club.[/quote]

I've seen students get job offers via internships and get access to internships through connections from these competitive  clubs among other connections.  It's one way to help make an opportunity for yourself and the reasons it's competitive to get into some of these clubs.  Why do you think it's so competitive to get into these clubs?  It's not for fun.[/quote]

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