'I have a dream' for Deutsche Bank

There have been threads on this before but we've let them drop off so people didn't find out about things

4 weeks at DB is going to be good no matter really what you do. Being at a bank for the summer is going to be of more benefit than just messing around with your mates. A few people here have been on it before, dig up some of the olds threads if you need. The students there do have a decent range of results and all are definitely above average. It is paid but I was told how much in confidence so

I thought you had to be an international to apply for this??

May be so, but institutions like investment banks have an elitist, white male dominated, old boys network image which they are trying to dispell in the media and in the general pubilc, and offering internships to young ethnic minorities is a sure fire way to show they offer equal opportunities etc etc. Banks couldn't give a toss about who works for them as long as they make money, but there are also a lot of ethnic minorities in banks who are extremely succesful and so they are trying to spot talent early and banks are generally becoming more and more image concious (hence the sacking of bankers who go to strip clubs..).

ahh.....why? have they been accused of racism in the past or somthing?

Hello guys. I just got an offer from Cambridge Economics. Since I am interested in a career in IB, I want to give a shot to this summer internship. Has anyone done it?If so, have you got any tips?also how much do you get paid overall for this summer internship? And are there actually top notch students applying, so that the competition is tough?Seeing the profiles on windsor fellowship website, I didnt really see that great people.
thanks

You raise an interesting point. How did you come to that conclusion?

I too have checked out their profiles and most of the kids have excellent credentials and extra-curricular acitivies but, from their pictures alone, none of them really gave the impression of being 'great', for want of a better word. I'm not really talking about their aesthetic appearance or anything...but sometimes some people exude something about them that gives them that extra-edge, as it were.

I'm not really sure what I'm talking about but can anyone see where I'm going with this?

You raise an interesting point. How did you come to that conclusion?

I too have checked out their profiles and most of the kids have excellent credentials and extra-curricular acitivies but, from their pictures alone, none of them really gave the impression of being 'great', for want of a better word. I'm not really talking about their aesthetic appearance or anything...but sometimes some people exude something about them that gives them that extra-edge, as it were.

I'm not really sure what I'm talking about but can anyone see where I'm going with this?

no it is just unis they are applying to arent that great. there was like one who is applying for LSE economics and then one for cambridge, but for modern languages, which isnt hard to get in.

I did this scheme last summer (2006) and with regards to the competition to get a place, they told us that 450 people initially applied, 400 got a first interview, 140 through to the second interview and they then accepted 28 people.

lol. I think your offer has made you a bit of a cocky bastard, True, it is an excellent achievement, and you have put yourself in a strong position to get into IB. However, I wouldnt underestimate people because they didnt go to Oxbridge/LSE. Im pretty sure there are alot of oxbridge graduates who have become good successful bankers, but also lots of graduates from places outside the top 3 who have become 'great' bankers.