Accepted early to UChicago as a HS senior, advice for IB?
Hey everyone! I'm a senior who was admitted early to UChicago and want to go into IB. My classes are pretty easy this year, so I was wondering if anyone has recommendations for internships/programs/general advice for this year + freshman year. I've tried to find opportunities for this year and summer 2026 but haven't found many. Right now I'm a finance intern at a midsized tech company I have connections at and will also study the 400 questions guide + redbook. I live in California for reference. Thanks for the help!
You don’t want to go into IB. You want to go into PE. Get into it out of under grad and thank me 10 years later.
I'm definitely interested in PE but aren't PE analyst positions pretty few and far between (+ a lot more competitive) and reserved mostly for Harvard/Wharton kids?
No, you can definitely get PE out of UChicago
if you cant get a PE role out of uchicago, its on you, my friend.
You’re over 5 1/2 years out from hitting the desk. With the rate AI is advancing, I’d be very shocked if the IB analyst recruiting landscape looked the same by then. I’d keep an open mind
What do you think will happen to the people who lose their jobs in IB due to AI? If IB is screwed, wouldn't back office and middle roles roles be screwed as well?
2 pieces of advice:
Finally, you need to realize the macro economic and technological landscape will change while you are in college. Keep an open mind and go where opportunity is and where your interests and skill set aligns. There are many ways to make money if that is your goal. If you are a math wiz, don’t knock going to public markets/ the hedge fund path. Also, if you have social skills, don’t knock consulting over IB—the smartest people I know did consulting not IB. IB ends up with more grinder, grittier kids, but the outcomes have been pretty comparable if we are being honest. If anything, the top consulting crowd seems to be doing better with some of them staying to this day in consulting (now nearly 10 years post graduation)
Lmao my ears started burning.
Thanks for the advice. Yeah, I've been planning the classes I'm going to take first year. They're mostly core classes and I've been learning which ones are easy from talking to alumni I know.
I do know that UChicago stereotype but I honestly don't think it applies to me since I've never had a problem making friends or getting into leadership positions. I know it's kind of weird for a senior to be on here but I have so much free time this year even while having a social life because I finished college applications so early. I don't see a reason not to start researching this stuff early especially with how hard it is to break into high finance (especially now with AI).
I am definitely open to consulting but I'm more interested in finance, I think my end goal is something like corporate development. Not really interested in trading,
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