Chances of landing a spring week/internship

If you got to a target uni say, LSE or UCL- what are your realistic chances of being successful, or do you need a lot of extra circular and work experience.

The chances are still low, even from a target because everyone and their dogs will be applying. You most certainly need to stand out in as many ways as possible to get through.

Normal 'base' chances are 25-50 apps per 1 place, but as a 'bog standard' target student it's more ~1/8 to 1/15. If you're a top candidate however, you'll have a lot of success. I know friends with 6-10+ spring week offers - some target uni students and some semi-target.

So it depends but competition is, without a doubt, steep.

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and how can I be a 'top candidate' , any ideas.

If you have to ask, you probably aren't one ahahahaha

But seriously, it's a misnomer of a question. The top candidates I'm talking about have been naturally leading things, networking, getting finance work experience etc very early on. They're the type of seriously switched on individuals that are just all around top notch - personality, grades, experience etc the whole gamut.

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not gonna lie, I just finished GCSEs and worrying a lot because I do not have any relevant work experience so far- do many successful applicants have decent amount of financial work experience at my age?

not gonna lie, I just finished GCSEs and worrying a lot because I do not have any relevant work experience so far- do many successful applicants have decent amount of financial work experience at my age?

Oh, you're in a good spot then! No need to worry about all of this chance stuff now.

You have 2 ish years to get involved with stuff: if your school doesn't have a finance club make one, get a prefect seat of some sort, when the time comes - apply for insight days (some are open to year 12s e.g. Nomura), volunteer, get the best A-level grades you can etc..

Again, don't just do this stuff to tick boxes genuinely try to get involved with things you care about.

You're well ahead of the curve by asking this now.



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Thank you very much! I I've heard these insight days during a-level are very competitive, how competitive exactly- is being predicted high grades good enough?

If you have to ask, you probably aren't one ahahahaha

But seriously, it's a misnomer of a question. The top candidates I'm talking about have been naturally leading things, networking, getting finance work experience etc very early on. They're the type of seriously switched on individuals that are just all around top notch - personality, grades, experience etc the whole gamut.

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The cringey thing is that he thinks he's describing himself here.

97.50% (+/- 2.50%)

95-100% range

Looooooooooool

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If you're a standard target uni student with an assumed 1/15 chance of getting an offer per place and you apply to 15 banks then yeah statistically you're going to get 1 offer.