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How Important Are Internships? 19 Apr 2010, 20:40
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Hello all, I am currently deciding between two schools; one which offers a 10 week internship and one that does not. The program without the internship ends 4 months earlier than the one without. My question is whether or not it's worth it to go to the program with the internship if I hope to gain a position at a Big Four firm? All four recruit at each campus and I was just wondering how important an internship was in regards to securing employment? Thanks in advance!
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How Important Are Internships? 19 Apr 2010, 20:53
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Very very important, I got my Big 4 offer through internship. The chances of getting an offer after internship completion is almost 100%.
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How Important Are Internships? 20 Apr 2010, 10:57
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Ok thank you very much. Would it make any difference if the schools I am deciding between were Texas and Wake Forest?
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How Important Are Internships? 20 Apr 2010, 15:45
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Yes, with texas you might be able to get an advisory position and better employment %.
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How Important Are Internships? 26 Apr 2010, 07:43
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as a current wake forest student who just finished the winter internship in march, I say it was absolutely essential to getting a full time offer (big4). As Dawgie said you may have a better chance of getting an advisory position at Texas but there were several people who interned in the advisory service lines of big4 firms this past winter, so it's not impossible. Most people interview for audit or tax on campus.
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How Important Are Internships? 26 Apr 2010, 11:44
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Why Advisory over Tax, is the pay difference that significant, or is strictly exit options/MBA prospects?
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How Important Are Internships? 26 Apr 2010, 15:47
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I would say advisory and tax are really different. Obviously there's a certain amount of consulting in tax, but all you really deal with is...well, tax. Advisory is more consulting/risk management type stuff, I think. So they're really quite different. I also imagine advisory would you give you different exit opps or a better mba application than maybe tax.
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How Important Are Internships? 29 May 2010, 00:11
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It's important!Because you will depend it after you working!
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Turns out you can get a full-time offer without an internship; it might just be a little tougher...