Analyst with more power than an associate

dan2k915 — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 01:20:05 -0500

I understand that analysts do most of the grunt work and spend most of their time crunching numbers. I also know that IBD is not a meritocracy at the junior level. However, if an analyst were to be very good at understanding the business world and the industry they work in (near VP level of knowledge...or at least more than a B-school associate), what would be the benefit? Would the analyst get associate level responsibilities and be able to have much more of a say than other analysts, or would it all be discounted simply because he is an analyst?

Does GPA matter after getting the offer?

dan2k915 — Tue, 06 May 2008 23:00:01 -0400

So here's my dilemma: I'm a sophomore and am going to be an SA in IBD this summer at a BB. However, this semester my GPA isn't so hot, and by that I mean it sucks balls. It wasn't even that great to begin with (3.56) from HYP. I expect my cumulative to dip to around 3.45-3.55 by the time the semester ends.