Student Makes Tens of Dollars Passing Day Trading off as Internship

With the cancellation of internships this summer, many Mays students were left without the vital career advancement opportunities needed to climb the corporate ladder successfully. “I was at a loss for words,” said Jake Chandler, a junior finance major. “My dad worked very hard to get me that internship, and having the rug pulled out from under me for the first time in my entire life was unfair.”

Internships in the summer before junior year have been deemed imperative for finance majors looking to set themselves apart from every other finance major in the Mays Business School.  Left scrambling, Chandler quickly determined another way to gain crucial experience as a finance major: day trading on the app Robinhood.

“The only information I had regarding the stock market was what I learned in Finance 341,” Chandler said. “Many Aggie CEOs have sat through that class, so I knew I was more than prepared to game the market.” Chandler also credited his extensive use of Twitter and his roommates’ involvement in the Aggie Investment Fund in his financial conquest.

Chandler is hardly alone in finding moderate success on the Robinhood app. The Career Center has noted an increase in students exaggerating their accomplishments in preparation for fall career fairs. “We often say you should include quantitative data under relevant experiences,” said Career Center advisor Jaymee Luken. “However, employers will hardly be impressed by a small return on any investment.”

Given the success of this summer and the availability of online classes this semester, Chandler plans to spend more time building his financial empire. “I don’t mean to brag, but I’ve made almost $50 trading on Robinhood,” Chandler said. “I’m planning to show my diverse portfolio to my advisor when I ask her to exempt me from my upper-level finance classes.”

 

— 4.0 & Tow