Ask Me Anything (Public High School to Top 5 Summer Analyst)

Hey guys - feel free to ask me anything. This year I obtained an SA offer from a top 5 BB (think GS/MS/JPM). I am looking forward to next summer and would love to answer any questions you have about banking.

Thoughtfully,
Booger

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I really hated when they asked that question. My standard response was to tell them that I preferred walking to school as opposed to taking the bus. I realize that is sensitive, as that can imply that you are less willing to deal with both a potential for increased exposure to diversity and social situations which will help you develop as a character (walking is intrinsically isolationist).

Hope this helps.

Thoughtfully, Booger

 
Booger45

Hey guys - feel free to ask me anything.

Want to play the knockout game with me? I go first with a bowling ball.
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"I do not think that there is any other quality so essential to success of any kind as the quality of perseverance. It overcomes almost everything, even nature."
 

I don't know what is going on.

When a plumber from Hoboken tells you he has a good feeling about a reverse iron condor spread on the Japanese Yen, you really have no choice. If you don’t do it to him, somebody else surely will. -Eddie B.
 
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Ok this is getting absurd.

Ask me anything raised by welfare mom to target nyc kindergarten.

LOLOLOLOL

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