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How I landed my dream job in M&A - Never give up on your dreams
Foreword Apologies for the long text but I wanted to share my journey since so many stories here on WSO moved me deeply, especially the one about a guy getting 10 rejections and finally one IBD offer – truly amazing. I have been a long time lurker and recently created my own account to join this...
Average GPA to M&A at Boutique Investment Bank
I want to say a huge thank you the WSO community as I have just landed a full time offer at a boutique bank in London and thought i would offer my advice in the hope it will help someone in the same way WSO has helped me. Quick Background: I went to a top 10 Uni in the UK which is a target Uni for a...
Non Target & No Internships to Target with Multiple Offers
Hey guys. So This past week I received offers from GS Strats and MS S&T . For me it marked the end of a 2.5 year journey that I thought some of you might find interesting. Before I begin I want to say how lucky I am to have parents that could help me immensely along this long and sometimes expensive...
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106 Rejections, 1 Success & Unquantifiable Perseverance
Mod Note: Each day we'll be posting the top WSO forum posts of 2014. This one was originally posted on 4/29/14 and ranks #11 for the year by total silver banana count. You can see all our top ranked content here. Hey everyone, It's been an interesting and long 10 months since I began pursuing a...
Sincere thank you to the WSO Community
Fellow Monkeys, this is my story of triumph, success, and most importantly, humility. It may be long, so if you want a quick “tl;dr” synopsis, scroll to the bottom. This is a long, but incredibly sincere thank you to Wall Street Oasis and more importantly my mother. My Background I grew up...
Accepted an Offer! - How non-targets can "make it"
Hey everyone, (Edit: Got a number of PMs here - Added my responses below the rest of the post) I recently accepted a BB offer, am from a non-target, and thought I should contribute something here on WSO given the help and advice I have received from others. However, I did not want to do the typical...
from Lifeguard to Unpaid Intern to Analyst at a solid bank in the South (WSO Success Story)
Here it goes... another kid and another success story into banking from a non-target school. AND I didn't even get started until after my Junior year of college. The point is - I was sitting there knowing that it was going to work out one day, but that didn't change the fact that I worried for a...
Nontarget to BSD: Two Stories
With recruiting winding down or virtually over and the recent influx of posts from people who are down on luck I've decided to write a story of two people in my family who "made it" from an extremely unlikely place. The purpose of this post is to encourage people to keep trying. Person 1: No college...
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