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 2009 Wharton MBA Career Report
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Class of 2010 - Interns
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Summer Internship Function Choices
This information is as of September 30, 2009 and is collected and reported according to MBA CSC standards.
Function Number* % Accepted
Business Development 70 9.0%
Consulting/Strategy 182 23.5%
Control/Accounting 2 0.3%
Corporate Finance (Analysis/Treasury) 30 3.9%
Entrepreneurial Mgmt 11 1.4%
General/Project Mgmt/Mgmt Development 22 2.8%
Investment Banking 93 12.0%
Investment Mgmt/Portfolio Mgmt 78 10.1%
Legal Services 1 0.1%
Management Info Systems/IT 1 0.1%
Operations/Production Mgmt 2 0.3%
Private Equity 97 12.5%
Product Development/Structuring 5 0.6%
Product/Brand Marketing 75 9.7%
Real Estate 26 3.4%
Research 17 2.2%
Restructuring 4 0.5%
Risk Mgmt 3 0.4%
Sales 4 0.5%
Sales & Trading 17 2.2%
Other Functions Not Listed 35 4.5%

* Function numbers total up to a number higher than the number of students reporting job acceptances because some students had more than one summer internship.
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