Is the Wall Street Prep known on the street?
(Chimp, 13
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on 2/6/07 at 11:57am
I read through the program that Wall Street Prep offers on valuation and modelling. Looks good but I wanted to know if anyone has done it? Is is known on the street? Thanks






bump. i was really curious
bump. i was really curious about this too. If you go through the program and you gain a lot from it, can you put it on your resume, and if so, will it be recognized by interviewers and other profesionals?
and if not, is Training the street, or dealmaven, or any of these other programs highly recognized?
I know Training the Street
I know Training the Street is recognized (a lot of banks use it, mine included). I'm not sure how much of a leg up it will give you if the company is going to put you through the same program again anyways.
CompBanker
No point really.
No point really for any of them.
All they offer you is a watered down version of what ytou will learn in training. For example...WS Prep is a 90 hour course...training is usually 8 weeks.
You have to pay $500 for WS Prep and you get PAID in training.
Therefore, Why waste your money?
I think those courses would be good for upcoming interns who have little finance knowledge b/c their training is usually less than a week. I worked for a law firm that would pay for us to take it just so we would have a basic understanding of modeling when we spoke with i-bankers....If you are an entering full-time then you might as well wipe your ass with 5 $100 dollar bills before you buy one of these courses.
Doesn't help you too much in
Doesn't help you too much in terms of recruiting. I find it on a few people's resumes. It doesn't substitute for relevant internship experience.
though if we had person A and person B:
Person A
3.5 GPA
Somewhat relevant internship
Active on campus
Good interview
Person B
3.5 GPA
Somewhat relevant internship
Active on campus
Good interview
Took Wall Street Prep or Dealmaven
We'll take person B.
so Dealmaven or
so Dealmaven or WallstreetPrep? or training the street?
Hmm. A friend of mine who's
Hmm.
A friend of mine who's banking full time is going through training right now, and uses Dealmaven, paid by her firm. Obviously, she'll go through it and such.
She gave me her login info, and i've been using it to work through on my own. I guess I won't be officially certified, (because i didn't pay the $500+ to get the actual package), but would it be legitimate for me to put it on my resume, stating that i've been "dealmaven-trained?"
and for those who have interviewed - have you ever asked for proof of certification from dealmaven / TTS/WSP?
It'll be fine for you to
It'll be fine for you to write DealMaven. You're now obsessing about this too much. I'm taking DealMaven currently also - and I just intend to write it down. It's not a big deal, I know that. It's just another thing to add w/out banking experience.
You'd get asked if you put down FRM, CAIA - That I can gurantee, but they won't care about DealMaven. If they ask for certification (which would mean you got in), use "student" as the discount code, pass the quiz, take the exam for 75 and no worries.
Re: It'll be fine for you to
It'll be fine for you to write DealMaven. You're now obsessing about this too much. I'm taking DealMaven currently also - and I just intend to write it down. It's not a big deal, I know that. It's just another thing to add w/out banking experience.
You'd get asked if you put down FRM, CAIA - That I can gurantee, but they won't care about DealMaven. If they ask for certification (which would mean you got in), use "student" as the discount code, pass the quiz, take the exam for 75 and no worries.
Why the FRM and the CAIA? Those tests don't have anything to do with banking?