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Class of 2011 Summer Internships Summary

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Internship Industry Choices

Consulting 16.8%
Consumer Goods and Retail 9.6%
Energy 1.7%
Financial Services 42.8%
Health Care/Pharmaceuticals/Biotechnology 8.2%
Manufacturing 1.4%
Media and Entertainment 3.4%
Professional Services <1%
Public Interest 6.2%
Real Estate 2.8%
Technology Industries 6.8%

Internship Function Choices

Business Development 7.9%
Consulting/Strategy 24.7%
Corporate Finance/Mergers and Acquisitions 4.0%
Entrepreneurial Mgmt. 1.9%
General/Project Mgmt./Mgmt. 3.7%
Human Resource Mgmt. <1%
Investment Mgmt./Portfolio Mgmt. 10.4%
Management Info Systems/IT <1%
Private Equity. 10.3%
Product Development/Structuring <1%
Product/Brand Marketing 9.8%
Real Estate 2.4%
Research 1.4%
Restructuring <1%
Risk Mgmt. <1%
Sales & Trading 3.1%
Other Functions* 4.2%

Top Internship Hirers

McKinsey & Company
Boston Consulting Group, Inc.
Goldman, Sachs & Company
Morgan Stanley
Deutsche Bank
J.P. Morgan Chase
Citigroup, Inc.
Merrill Lynch & Company, Inc.
UBS
Bain & Company
Credit Suisse First Boston, LLC
Microsoft Corporation
Microsoft Corporation
Fidelity Investments
Pacific Investment Management Company, LLC
The Walt Disney Company
Amazon.com
Barclays Bank PLC
Booz Allen Hamilton
Google, Inc.
Medtronic, Inc.

2011 Summer Internship Offer Sources

On-Campus Recruiting Services 53.6%
Personal Networking Connection 17.3%
Job Board Posting 11.0%
Wharton Alumni Contact 4.5%
Trek Networking Connection 1.6%
Other 11.0%
Not Specified 1.0%

* Other Functions include: Control/Accounting, Human Resource Management, Legal Services, Risk Management, and some not listed by respondents.