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Spoke the truth. His teacher replied back that he has never witness something like this and that he wished ppl were more honest like him.
UBS
Unfortunately, as can be seen from my internship reports, Ididn't learn much about finance from the internship. Although we were told from the beginning that most of the work would be office work, we didn'trealize it would be so dull and repetitive. As I later learned by talking to other students who had previous experiences with other internships, this was oneof the worst they have had. While they admitted that in almost all of the other internships they were told in the beginning they'd be "doing officework" as well, eventually most of them helped with research or received some other serious assignment, at least something relevant to finance. That wasnot the case at UBS. To summarize a day's work; copy, fax, file, print, mail, bind, run back and forth, replace paper/printer cartridges, get mail, createexcel spreadsheet(s). I don't think four years of college are necessary for this.
The internship was very valuable, I'd say. It wasvaluable in the sense that, after seeing what goes on in a major branch of a major financial company, I'm debating whether I made the right choice byselecting finance as my major, or going into business in general. True, this was only a small piece of the puzzle, but it was still an experience. I guessI'm glad that I did it before getting a full time job in a similar environment. And if I was offered a full time job right after the internship, I probablywould've taken it. But now that I had time to think about it, things seem different. I don't know if I'm ready to give up my life for $55K/year ina cubicle or office. It made me reconsider all those things I wanted to do as a kid that kind of just faded away as I grew up, as I tried to be more mature and"act my age," as everyone told me to do.
I would definitely recommend this to other students, not because they will gain valuableknowledge, but because they might realize that finance isn't their thing and pursue the dreams. When asked in elementary school the popular question,"what do you want to be when you grow up?" I don't think many people answered "certified financial planner or charted financialadvisor." If 5 years from now you see me flying a navy jet or driving a formula one car, you know what made mechange my mind.
UBS
Unfortunately, as can be seen from my internship reports, Ididn't learn much about finance from the internship. Although we were told from the beginning that most of the work would be office work, we didn'trealize it would be so dull and repetitive. As I later learned by talking to other students who had previous experiences with other internships, this was oneof the worst they have had. While they admitted that in almost all of the other internships they were told in the beginning they'd be "doing officework" as well, eventually most of them helped with research or received some other serious assignment, at least something relevant to finance. That wasnot the case at UBS. To summarize a day's work; copy, fax, file, print, mail, bind, run back and forth, replace paper/printer cartridges, get mail, createexcel spreadsheet(s). I don't think four years of college are necessary for this.
The internship was very valuable, I'd say. It wasvaluable in the sense that, after seeing what goes on in a major branch of a major financial company, I'm debating whether I made the right choice byselecting finance as my major, or going into business in general. True, this was only a small piece of the puzzle, but it was still an experience. I guessI'm glad that I did it before getting a full time job in a similar environment. And if I was offered a full time job right after the internship, I probablywould've taken it. But now that I had time to think about it, things seem different. I don't know if I'm ready to give up my life for $55K/year ina cubicle or office. It made me reconsider all those things I wanted to do as a kid that kind of just faded away as I grew up, as I tried to be more mature and"act my age," as everyone told me to do.
I would definitely recommend this to other students, not because they will gain valuableknowledge, but because they might realize that finance isn't their thing and pursue the dreams. When asked in elementary school the popular question,"what do you want to be when you grow up?" I don't think many people answered "certified financial planner or charted financialadvisor." If 5 years from now you see me flying a navy jet or driving a formula one car, you know what made mechange my mind.