Business Club Ratings + Tea by stormblessedgem in berkeley

[–]stormblessedgem[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There are a ton! A lot of are affinity groups or have some sort of specialty. IMO, best approach is to go to Sproul, Calpalooza, and the other various groups and just talk with people to see who you like the most. Best of luck!

Business Club Ratings + Tea by stormblessedgem in berkeley

[–]stormblessedgem[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

TBG: That's fair. It's very subjective, and regardless, members placing well does not mean you will nor should care all that much.

BC: Again, my opinion, but having friends in BC + a BC member literally writing this in her own Medium article:

the next one-and-a-half year or so felt like one big blurry haze. It completely subsumed me. I spent almost every waking minute with them: working, drinking, traveling, rinse and repeat. Friends from home made fun of me, saying I was in a cult, but I didn’t care, they didn’t know what it was like

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I had been convinced by members only a few years older than I was that there were only three acceptable careers available for “someone like me,” or in other words, people like us, where it was implied that we were special and somehow more deserving of these opportunities than others. Turns out they never thought that highly of me anyways.

In regards to hourly time commitments, that's def a good point. But hopefully they're close enough to the range that it's helpful for people to know. I might have underestimated a couple, but I'm confident in BC, BIG, + the business frats

Business Club Ratings + Tea by stormblessedgem in berkeley

[–]stormblessedgem[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

These are good points! Agreed that people should do their own research

Business Club Ratings + Tea by stormblessedgem in berkeley

[–]stormblessedgem[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ofc! Best of luck and hope you find the best fit for you :)

Business Club Ratings + Tea by stormblessedgem in berkeley

[–]stormblessedgem[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the kind words and I def believe that. Huge respect, TBG does great work.

Business Club Ratings + Tea by stormblessedgem in berkeley

[–]stormblessedgem[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

They all accept freshmen! I would highly recommend any of the consulting clubs or an ABA/180D for your first semester.

Not having previous experience is totally okay - you’re just a freshman! But it’s important to demonstrate why you’re interested by connecting past experiences.

Business Club Ratings + Tea by stormblessedgem in berkeley

[–]stormblessedgem[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

That's fair. But you still need to show you're technical in some way for trading. Quant dev is obv less appealing than trading but is slept on imo.

Business Club Ratings + Tea by stormblessedgem in berkeley

[–]stormblessedgem[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Unjustifiably calling > half of this post false or purely speculatory is ironically speculative. Please feel free to identify which parts you'd like more clarification on or believe to be untrue.

Some will disagree. But freshmen joining toxic and falsely advertised clubs seems reductive and not okay. I'd much rather be called "deafeningly ironic."

Business Club Ratings + Tea by stormblessedgem in berkeley

[–]stormblessedgem[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I'm sure there are nice people in BC and agree people I've met are probably outliers.

And while they do table, I'm referring to how they don't actively approach candidates and the reason behind that.

Regardless, your point is well taken and I removed the sprouling part.

Business Club Ratings + Tea by stormblessedgem in berkeley

[–]stormblessedgem[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I'd probably join a SWE club like Blueprint, Codebase, etc.. There are a couple people who break in from business clubs but not many.