I am planning on graduating a semester early from college.
From what I can tell, graduating early is not something the WSO community recommends since I won't be able to start with my analyst class in July.
So are there any firms (other than Goldman Sachs) that offer February start dates? Or do they all start in July and not offer early starts?
Thank you very much.
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In general, I think this is not something a BB would market "officially", at least not in Europe. So that's more a case by case thing. When I interned (off-cycle), there was an analyst starting early - basically he got treated as an intern which of course didn't make him very happy.
I read that article and I have considered it in my decision to start early.
It hasn't changed my decision though.
Are you familiar with USA jobs?
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