[betelnut]

I wouldn't say it's a great cover letter - it's pretty generic and could easily be tweaked slightly for any job/industry.

Also it's sort of sad that he has to debase his university and himself for the lords of finance to consider him.

[codegeek]

"could easily be tweaked slightly for any job/industry."

I disagree. This can work well for an intern position because whatever this guy wrote in the email, is a greaet pitch to be an intern. But if I am looking for a specialist in a particular niche/industry, at best I would be impressed by such email but will not hire him just because he talks straight.

[betelnut]

You're right, I should be more clear. What I meant by that is that there's no clear explicit reason why he's interested in investment banking rather than marketing, consulting, publishing, advertising, whathaveyou.

[tedchs]

In my opinion, the best thing this guy shows is competent business writing skills, which is a strong predictor of the ability to learn whatever field an intern will be joining.