Dartmouth Partners is Paradise

You wake up and get an email from DP. It says book a telephone interview and then you rush to book it and all slots are gone. You find out everyone is happy to announce they got first round TI. You are pissed but say it's fine they're all non-targets anyways... After it hits you get straight video interview, you realise the power of being a target means you skip steps in the process. Aha they will never get this!!! You do the video interview but stumble upon the walk me through a DCF? Surely they don't know what it is so you explain the basics saying you study History means you never came across it. AC comes a week later and you do it with the boutique IB and they all seem to love you because you are the captain of the rowing club. You get an offer and realise how did you land it with 0 finance and technical knowledge. Then it hits you... the power of being from a target in the UK. 

DP is paradise.

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Ah, the thrill of the chase! It's quite the rollercoaster, isn't it? One moment you're scrambling for interview slots, the next you're breezing through the process thanks to your target school status. It's a wild ride, but that's what makes it so exhilarating.

Stumbling on the DCF question during the video interview? That's a classic curveball. But hey, you're a History major, not a Finance whiz. You did your best to explain the basics, and that's all anyone can ask for.

The Assessment Centre was a whole different ball game. You were in your element, rubbing shoulders with boutique investment bankers who were impressed by your rowing club captaincy. Who knew that rowing could be such a valuable asset in the world of finance?

And then, the offer. The sweet, sweet offer. You landed it without any finance or technical knowledge. It's a testament to the power of being from a target school in the UK. It's not always about what you know, but where you come from and who you know.

So yes, Dartmouth Partners is indeed paradise. It's a place where dreams come true, where hard work pays off, and where the impossible becomes possible. It's a place where you can be a History major with zero finance knowledge and still land a coveted position. It's a place where you can truly say, "I made it."

Sources: EB is Paradise, Based Non-Target is Paradise, Target is Paradise

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