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Please read in the <a href="http://www.wallstreetoasis.com/wso-user-guidelines">WSO User Guidelines</a> in detail before posting to...
WSO User Guidelines
045 weeks 2 days ago
by WallStreetOasis.com
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Since we've had so many of these lately, I thought we would start a forum dedicated to the success stories of WSO members to serve as a place where people can go to get inspired. What I actually did was get rid of the Entrepreneurial Forum since it had the least # of posts and technically...
New Forum: WSO Success Stories
52 years 28 weeks ago
by WallStreetOasis.com
2 years 11 weeks ago
by OZNtrader
I recently received an message to a comment I made how I was able to break into IB as intern and would like to provide a nice update to where I am in my career. Original Story from April...
My Story (A Thank You Card to Patrick and the Team)
126 hours 41 min ago
by JBanksohn
8 min 19 sec ago
by computerized
Afternoon monkeys, I just wanted to take a quick moment to thank everyone on this sight who has given me good, and sometimes harsh advice. I just graduated from a very small private school with a 3.5 GPA, decent internship experiences and hardly any connections. I've had quite a few...
Well deserved thank you to WSO!
211 day 7 hours ago
by streetwannabe
10 hours 20 min ago
by treehugger350
<em>Mod note (Andy): this was originally posted on 8/15/12</em> Hello fellow monkeys, I wanted to take some time to write this because I definitely owe it to this community. Last week, I was given a verbal offer to work in Equity Research full-time, at a well-known bank, covering...
Unbelievable! Detailed WSO Success Story: How I Broke into Equity Research
10627 weeks 6 days ago
by erwannabe
4 days 6 hours ago
by Yogendra
While dabbling around the "How many people on WSO actually Make It" post: http://www.wallstreetoasis.com/forums/how-many-people-on-wso-actually-make-it I started thinking, in my mere 22 weeks of lurking and posting here I gained at least 9 solid and VALUABLE connections along with 2...
How Has WSO Affected Your Life?
351 week 2 days ago
by Lambie
6 days 8 hours ago
by Bearcat
Adam Grant, who is the youngest tenured professor and single highest-rated teacher at The Wharton School, has an unconventional philosophy on what makes people successful. He says that the most successful people are givers, not "matchers" or "takers." I look at my own network...
Wharton's most popular and youngest-tenured professor says the most successful people are Givers
141 week 3 days ago
by Valuestrat920
1 week 2 days ago
by ogofnyc
Here's an update to this thread: <a href="http://www.wallstreetoasis.com/forums/when-to-give-up">"When to Give Up"</a> [quote=kraziazi] Good luck; you should give us an update in a month or two with what you decided to do.</p>[/quote] I got...
Update re: When to Give Up
352 weeks 2 hours ago
by togepi
1 week 4 days ago
by Mulah
There are a couple different paths that you can take as with finance major: <ol> <li>Commercial Banking </li> <li>Corporate Finance</li> <li>Financial Planning </li> <li>Hedge Funds </li> <li>Insurance </li> ...
What investment banking is in simple words and my story
776 weeks 2 days ago
by Group Therapy
2 weeks 2 days ago
by TOB2020
This is an absolute must read if you're from a non-target! I will try to detail out as much of my journey as I can. This post is kind of long overdue; however, I feel like it's better late than never. (Even if it's really poorly...
Non-Target, Sub 3.5 GPA. FT BB IBD
151 year 21 weeks ago
by GoW
2 weeks 2 days ago
by Ambani
Got a SA offer. Here's the background... I go to a complete non-target Canadian university. Have a poor GPA (sub 3.0) due to personal/family things. I had some work experience with Canadian banks from summer jobs and whatnot, but nothing very relevant. I first realized that banking is...
Another non-target (long) success story
181 year 16 weeks ago
by thatsWACC
2 weeks 2 days ago
by BrickSquadMonopoly
All, I've been reading WSO for quite a long time, but this is my first and perhaps my last serious post about myself. A bit about my background: I am a junior studying finance at a 200% Non-Target university (yes, there are baby sitting positions on my school's career site,...
Non-Target, Cold e-mailing to Multiple BB / MM SA Offers -- Yes it can be Done!
411 year 14 weeks ago
by Whiskey5
2 weeks 4 days ago
by BigTalkinWalker
Hello all... I never made an account, but I've read a lot of these forum posts, and they too have made me a more motivated person. Hearing the success stories are great. I, too, have a success story, albeit it'll be different like all the other stories, but we all the same ending; we...
I made it.. You can make it too!
102 weeks 5 days ago
by imaboutmymoney
2 weeks 4 days ago
by seabird
***FIRST: This is long so I'll put the cart before the horse real quick: THANK YOU WSO. To everyone who's posted insider knowledge, "day in the life" shit, interview guides, models, any feedback in general--you have provided knowledge that tuition can't pay for. I...
From "Poor Me" to BB
254 weeks 16 hours ago
by clomeo4655
3 weeks 23 hours ago
by Sephyre
I joined the Big Four out of college. I wound up in the CRE valuation/advisory group. Finding a job had been difficult for me. I knew that I wanted to be in finance, but I was a dumb college kid and had no focus. I figured this job could be a springboard....
Broke in from the Big Four
2840 weeks 6 days ago
by tyrone slothrop
3 weeks 2 days ago
by jamil.ak52
Hey guys, So I'm finally twenty, and I feel like I've come a long way since slipping out of the birth canal and whatnot. Over time, I've learned several crucial things about humanity that... well, that I hope to impart to my son, someday. I think that I've managed to...
Life Lessons
394 weeks 3 days ago
by Mitt Romney
3 weeks 3 days ago
by Beny23
I have learned so much from WSO, so I just wanted to pop in give my success story, to hopefully encourage some fellow students to keep on trucking and develop good habits. <em><strong>TL;DR:</strong> I fostered a networking relationship outside the bounds of "what can...
It's all about the follow up!
1813 weeks 1 day ago
by ans2389
3 weeks 6 days ago
by Alamanach
About to graduate from top tier school. Got a gig in credit risk at BB, plan on doing it for 2 years. After that I'm thinking about the USMC for 4 years. Then, a top 5 b-school. What do you guys think about USMC? Or, instead, should I just stick to business like consulting after BB...
United States Marine Corps.
510 weeks 1 day ago
by OutsideMan
4 weeks 1 day ago
by holla_back
Hey, I go to a non target, pretty crappy state school, IMO. I have been networking like crazy for the past year and I have finally landed the job. After hundreds of phone calls and emails, it finally happened. I emailed the founder of the company. He's a pretty well known guy in the industry...
My decent "ballsy" email that landed me a job
215 weeks 13 hours ago
by ngh09c
4 weeks 1 day ago
by D M
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Forego Security Deposit at Tuck for Wharton?
77 weeks 4 days ago
by johnkassebaum
5 weeks 1 day ago
by ngh09c
Hey all (apologize for long post but its been a long journey)- I've been waiting over a year and a half now to post this, and glad I can now. This thread is here to share my journey w/others, free to answer questions if you have and just showing those junior monkeys that dont get BB or MM...
FINALLY! GOT IT- TOP MM FT OFFER- THANK YOU WSO
1622 weeks 6 days ago
by AnalystMonkey2769
5 weeks 3 days ago
by TheTwoHacker
After a couple years reading the site, I managed to land a summer internship at a BB, and received an offer to come back full-time. Coming from a non-target, the information I got here was invaluable and helped me stay motivated despite the seemingly endless superdays and rejection phone calls....
Got an FT offer, thank you WSO
221 year 34 weeks ago
by ihatetennis12
5 weeks 3 days ago
by Xeneizes10
I will prob be banned soon bc I got my final warning it was nice knowing you all...
Wallstreetoasis is about to ban me :(
206 weeks 3 days ago
by blastoise
6 weeks 3 days ago
by Amphipathic
Just wanted to say a general thank-you to everyone who contributes to this site. I've learned a lot and continue to learn more through further research. I landed an Ops internship this summer with a BB firm. I know it's not as sexy as FO positions but it's a start. Being a junior...
Thanks guys
136 weeks 6 days ago
by alargefox
6 weeks 4 days ago
by alargefox
<em>Mod Note: bumping this thread from November 2006 up top to the forums for new members who haven't seen it. Great story from one of our top members. </em> So I'm new here and spent a good deal of time reading all of the posts from the past few weeks. I thought I would...
How I got into Banking
986 years 25 weeks ago
by CompBanker
7 weeks 2 days ago
by CompBanker
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