I'm going to be an analyst next year and I was wondering...

A friend of mine got an offer for this upcoming fall. He's graduating this winter and traveling the world. Basically, if you got the position, you're doing everything right. Nothing really else to do but relax and make sure whatever got you the position is solid.

A bit of advice every single analyst and higher gave me: you're going to realize fairly early on in your career that, once you start working in finance, money will not be an issue. Rather, it's time that you'll find yourself forever short of. If you've been planning a backpacking tour of somewhere, go do it. Traveling would probably be most fun, I'd say.

I have to agree with the above. The one thing I had wish I had done was travel more. I'm happy that I kept my grades up while still in school as it will be useful when applying for B-School; However, make the most of your free time between graduation and work. Go to another country, see all your friends. You may not have the urge now, but once you start, you'll long for spending weekends visiting friends or the like, simply because we always want what we can't have. Do not hold a part time job during winter or take on an internship in the spring. Money will not be an issue, so be sure to get off the couch and do what you enjoy.

you will WISH you had more time to hang out/travel

i went to europe for 6 weeks after college before work, best thing ive ever done

a quote from boiler room says it all

Michael: "So I want you to go out and buy yourselves a new car. Go buy yourself a house. Go into debt. You are going to make a million dollars inside of six months."

I am in the same postion and will be going to Europe for a few weeks. I am in joke classes second semester and am looking foward to having some free time.

Skip class and drink a lot. It's fun, no one will give a fuck as long as you don't start getting straight C's and D's (even then I doubt they'd give a fuck).