Prep for incoming 1st year analysts? WS Prep Excel course?

Hi there,

Long time reader of the site and finally decided to make a thread. I spent my summer with a BB M&A group and will be going back for FT this summer. Needless to say, a crazy senior year has left me forgetting a lot of the skills I picked up last summer. I study accounting and finance at school, so I'm not worried about being behind on understanding the valuation theory/financial statements part of the job. I am more worried about general Excel proficiency.

Anyway, I was wondering if anyone has faced a similar situation where they feel like they are returning to FT training without remembering much from last summer. I was thinking about ordering the Wall Street Prep Excel Crash Course since it's under $40 with the monkey discount. Does anyone have experience with this? Is it a pretty good way to "brush up" for someone in my situation?

I know TTS and lengthy training (6 weeks I think) exist for a reason, I've just always been the type to worry and over-prepare.

Any and all advice is welcomed! Thanks!

 

Dude. If you were a BB M&A summer you should have nothing to worry about re: excel. Make sure you can use the ifs functions (sum, average, count), offset (including offset match), and index match and you will be able to model to your heart's content.

 

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