William Sharpe Fellows Program for Undergraduate Internships
Student Information
The UCLA Department of Economics and our alumni Board of Visitors are launching the Sharpe Fellows Program for undergraduate internships to bring together top employers and our brightest undergraduate students. We invite you to participate in this program and benefit from having our distinguished alumni mentor you and help you to get matched with an exciting summer internship.
We are looking for…
Well rounded and ambitious majors who are eager to work hard to put themselves forward as the best that UCLA Economics has to offer top employers in finance, consulting, commercial real estate, and other areas.
The benefits for you…
The distinguished alumni volunteers on our Board of Visitors are committed to interview, coach, and mentor those undergraduates selected to interview for the Sharpe Fellows Program. These alumni will help you understand how to present yourself effectively to top employers.
The Department of Economics and our Board of Visitors will then help those students selected as Sharpe Fellows get matched up in summer internships with the top firms in finance, consulting, commercial real estate, and other areas, that we have lined up to participate in this program.
The Sharpe Fellows Program will be a great way for you to distinguish yourself as one of UCLA’s best.
To Apply to the Sharpe Fellows Program…
Students should apply to the Sharpe Fellows Program through BruinView. This program is open to majors in Economics, Business Economics, Economics/International Area Studies, and Mathematics/Economics only. The application deadline is Friday, November 16, 2007.
To apply you must submit via BruinView the following materials:
- Your contact information and UCLA ID number
- A Degree Progress Report
- A resume
- 4) A Three Part Application Essay combined in one THREE-PAGE PDF file. Our alumni volunteers will use this essay to get to know you and help guide you in attaining your professional goals. This application essay must include a ONE PAGE personal essay that describes your outside interests and any life experiences that set you apart as one of UCLA’s best, a ONE PAGE essay that describes for our alumni volunteers your professional goals, and a ONE PAGE sample cover letter introducing yourself as a candidate to a firm that you would like to work for. You choose the firm and write the letter as if it were for real. If you are selected to interview for the Sharpe Fellows Program, our alumni volunteers will use your cover letter to give you feedback on how to present yourself to a top employer.