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Get laid, either male or female or both. It gives you the confidence to crush HireVues and achieve God status with 9 spring weeks under your belt.

 

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when i was in high school, i wanted to make it to the MLB, so i think you're doing better than me

Don't think this way, man. For me, it was the NFL. Wall Street was my second dream, and I made it. But I'm able to not have regrets because I pushed far enough on the football dream to know I was a college level talent but not NFL, therefore I'm able to not have any regrets. You have to at least take a shot at the big dream. The most unhappy and bitter older people I know are those who, for whatever reason, never took a shot at something they clearly wanted to do and perhaps might have succeeded at. 

 
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Starting this early in the UK is a real advantage — most people don't get serious until university. A few things that will actually matter by the time you're recruiting:

  1. Target a top universityLSE, Oxbridge, Imperial, Warwick, Durham are the main pipelines for London IB. The school matters more in the UK than almost anywhere else.
  2. Get your A-levels right — Maths is non-negotiable. Economics helps. Strong grades open spring weeks, which is the real gateway.
  3. Spring weeks are everything — UK banks recruit full-time analysts almost entirely from their own intern pools, which come from spring weeks. Apply to as many as possible in Year 12.
  4. Build the story early — any finance club, investing society, or relevant work experience now gives you something to talk about in applications. At the spring week stage, that's often what separates candidates.

You're asking the right questions at the right time. Most people figure this out 3 years too late.

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