All right, folks, got some hard stats here. Read 'em and weep, or rejoice (you know who you are). Reminder: this is longitudinal career data from a sample set of several hundred bankers in bulge bracket IBD at all levels. The biggest surprise? Georgetown...

After getting ready to leave work at a reasonable hour, you get bombed with a nasty email and get caught up in a fire drill that will have you pulling an all-nighter at work. You just got through an unbelievable load of late-night additions to the pitchbook you've been cranking on, and you're catching a breather after sending the latest draft to your VP...

But yeah, HBS just started, still going through orientation. Man, I'm having a f*cking blast so far. Tons of parties, people getting blasted every night. Of course once classes start, we will calm down just a little bit. Lol. But i've been going out to tons of spots in boston and meeting chicks left and right. You're right about the H-bomb. It's definitely powerful!...

If I had $10+ million at 26 I'd have never seen 27...

Columbia applications down from 6669 to 5409 - about 19%. Selectivity, assuming they accepted 1060 students (as they did last year) to give them the target size of 750 students, jumps a massive 4 percentage points in one year to 20%!...

You can lead a horse to water, but you cannot make it drink. You need parents to make sure homework is being done, kids are attending class, behavior is being enforced, etc. Teachers are not miracle workers. They cannot discipline kids, they cannot force you to do homework, to study, to not be disruptive....