Sophomore Finance Fellows

The goal of this program is to help you develop effective hard and soft skills to succeed in internship and employment interviews.

Do you want to:

  • Have a career on Wall Street, including investment banking, mergers and acquisitions, sales and trading, asset management and private banking?
  • Explore the array of employment opportunities in finance, particularly in investment banking?
  • Attend the Annual Finance Fellows Networking Night for one-on-one networking with dozens of industry professionals and potential mentors?

Julie Pavlovsky is the faculty champion for this program.

Curriculum: One-Year Program

  • Pre-requisite courses: BMGT220; and BMGT231 or BMGT230
  • BMGT340F (Financial Markets)— Fall of sophomore year
  • BMGT341F (Business Finance)— Spring of sophomore year

Career Connection

Examples of companies where Sophomore Finance fellows have interned or received full-time offers:

  • UBS
  • Goldman Sachs
  • Department of Treasury
  • General Electric
  • Lockheed Martin
  • Exelon Corporation

Eligibility Requirements

  • Rising sophomores — freshman status at the time of application.
  • BMGT230 and BMGT220 completed or in progress at the time of application.
  • Finance majors.
  • Minimum 3.0 GPA, 3.5 GPA preferred.

Questions? Contact smithfellows@umd.edu.

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