What’s IB culture like in SF? Would it be comparable to NY in terms of long hours, high standards, competitiveness?
What are personalities like? Are there more stereotypical Californians in your groups?
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Dress code and decorum is a bit more relaxed, personalities are just as intense but more on the nerdy than the preppy side, hours are just as long (but usually less of a face time culture), replace golf culture with hiking/skiing culture.
If you want relatively chiller and more relaxed IB culture, LA > SF, but imo as someone who lateraled from NY, SF > NY IB culture.
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