Internships


Internships form an integral part of the Robert Day School experience. The School's philosophy is that internships allow students to both continue their personal development and make important connections with potential future employers. To ensure that all Robert Day Scholars secure an internship that furthers their career goals, The Robert Day Scholars Program's dedicated career specialist, Michelle Chamberlain, assists students with internship placement.

Internships also allow students to apply what they've learned in the classroom to real-world situations - transforming workbook exercises into revenue-generating activities and classroom debates into organizational strategy discussions.

For students who have a career path in mind, an internship can also provide an opportunity to "test drive" industries and organizations. It may turn out, for instance, that the student who has always dreamed of being an equity research analyst actually has more of an affinity for the investment banking advisory side of the business. A summer internship is a good time to learn this information.

Finally, and importantly, internships can provide additional course credit for undergraduates. Students may receive a half-course credit per internship, up to a total of one course credit. To be eligible, the internship has to be faculty-approved and the Robert Day Scholar must write an internship paper that blends theory and practice.

Recent Internships


The Class of 2011 Robert Day Scholars accepted summer internships with:

  • Barclays Capital (Menlo Park, CA) - Summer Analyst
  • Cambridge Associates (Boston, MA) - Summer Analyst
  • Cascade Investments (Kirkland, WA) - Summer Analyst
  • Citigroup Global Markets (Tokyo, Japan) - DCM Summer Analyst
  • Deloitte Human Capital (San Francisco, CA) - Summer Associate
  • Deutsche Bank (New York, NY) - Legal, Risk & Capital Intern
  • Environmental Systems Design (Chicago, IL) - Intern
  • Goldman Sachs (New York, NY) - Securities Intern
  • Harvey Mudd College Mathematics Research - Analyst 
  • Mercer (Los Angeles, CA) - Consulting Intern
  • Merrill Lynch (La Jolla, CA) - Summer Analyst
  • Moelis & Co. (Los Angeles, CA) - Summer Analyst 
  • Office of the Governor (Madison, WI) - Intern
  • RBC Capital Markets (New York, NY) - Trading Intern 
  • Relational Investors (San Diego, CA) - Summer Analyst
  • Securities & Exchange Commission (Washington, D.C.) - Intern
  • Trust Company of the West (Los Angeles, CA) - Emerging Markets Intern

 The Class of 2010 Robert Day Scholars accepted summer internships with:

  • Barclays Global Investors (New York, NY) - Summer Analyst
  • Beach Fleischman & Co. (Tucson, AZ) - Accounting Intern
  • Cascade Investments (Kirkland, WA) - Summer Analyst
  • Citi (Los Angeles, CA) - Summer Analyst
  • Credit Suisse (San Francisco, CA) - Summer Analyst
  • Deutsche Bank (New York, NY) - Legal, Risk & Capital Intern
  • Fixed Income Securities (San Diego, CA) - Summer Analyst
  • Gallagher Benefit Services (San Francisco., CA) - Assistant Consultant
  • Goldman Sachs (San Francisco, CA) - Summer Analyst
  • IES Abroad (Barcelona, Spain) - Summer Intern
  • Intern with a private, individual investor
  • Kendall-Jackson Winery, (Santa Rosa, CA) - Financial Analyst Intern
  • Merrill Lynch (Santa Rosa, CA) - Summer Analyst
  • Morgan Stanley (New York, NY) - Fixed Income - Trading Intern
  • Sponsored internship in Argentina to research business practices of health care clinics
  • UBS (Los Angeles, CA) - Summer Analyst

The Class of 2009 Robert Day Scholars accepted summer internships with:

  • Aero Film (Santa Monica, CA) - Production Assistant
  • Cambridge Associates (Boston, MA) - Summer Associate
  • Cascade Investment (Kirkland, WA) - Research Analyst Intern
  • Deloitte Consulting (San Francisco, CA) - Business Analyst Summer Scholar
  • Deutsche Bank (New York, NY) - Summer Analyst
  • Ernst and Young (Los Angeles, CA) - Audit Intern
  • Ernst and Young (Portland, OR) - Audit Intern
  • Houlihan Lokey (Los Angeles, CA) - Summer Analyst
  • International Trade Education Programs (La Crescenta, CA) - Summer Analyst
  • JP Morgan (New York, NY) - Investment Banking Analyst
  • Mercer Consulting (Washington, D.C.) - Consulting Analyst Intern
  • Merrill Lynch (Los Angeles, CA) - Summer Analyst
  • Merrill Lynch (London, England) - Global Markets Analyst
  • Moelis and Company (New York, NY) - Summer Analyst
  • Morgan Stanley (Los Angeles, CA) - Investment Banking Summer Analyst
  • Navigant Consulting (Los Angeles, CA) - Assistant Consultant
  • Oakmont Capital (TCW affiliate) (Los Angeles, CA) - Summer Intern
  • RealFoundations (London, England) - Summer Analyst