Unique Situation... working FT at BB until I graduate

Colonel_Sanders — Mon, 12 May 2008 13:25:53 -0400

Ive finished my coursework but have not officially graduated because I have yet to complete my thesis. Since I should have it done by the end of this month, I can graduate this summer or this coming December. I've been working in a Back office/middle office position at a BB since last July.

Im wondering if I should post-pone my official grad until Dec and apply for IBD in the analyst recruiting cycle. Any thoughts on this? Im from a non-target with a 3.6 gpa and some stand out ECs. Have also done very well for myself in my current position, but IBD is where I want to be. Current position isn't an area with strong ties to the IB side, so hard to get someone to go to bat for me.

Should I market my current position as an internship? Not lying, but just listing it on my res as July 2007... leading ppl to assume it was an internship. Obviously being straightforward if asked about it.

Credit Crisis

Colonel_Sanders — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 10:20:53 -0400

maybe this is a dumb question but....

- the current credit crisis was put in motion by the housing bubble burst
- the housing bubble burst, people started foreclosing on their homes
- people foreclose on their $750k mortgage, house is not longer worth 750k so while the bank expected to salvage 600k, they are now salvaging 450k

Modeling Questions

Colonel_Sanders — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 18:35:00 -0400

I'm trying to learn from a real model.... I know this is very simple to those of you working in industry and was wondering if you guys could shed some light on some of my questions.

--Thanks

#1-- The model I'm looking at has Shares Outstanding for each of the forecasted periods as an input... how do you forecast shares outstanding for future years?

Modeling Deals

Colonel_Sanders — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 09:50:22 -0400

If I worked at XYZ Bank and I had to spread ABC company, where do I get the data from for the model? Would I just get onto Edgar and start tearing through SEC filings?