Finally received and accepted SA -Thank you

So after sitting on a wait list for just over a month I received a call today with an offer at a BB in NYC. I can't even express the feeling, I got the call in the business college at my school and went absolutely nuts. I was fist pumping and people were looking at me like I was insane. I accepted it on the spot and feel as if a giant weight has been lifted off my shoulders.

The point of this post is to thank you all, the WSO community, for providing an unbelievable resource for a clueless college kid who didn't know his ass from his elbow a year ago. I seriously credit so much of this recent success to this place, and hope that I can contribute to others experiences in the future. I don't know if people usually do these types of posts when they get SA gigs or not, but I am way too excited to not take advantage of this opportunity to thank you all.

I guess if I can be of any help or anything please feel free to PM me or comment. I am a junior at a non-target in the midwest btw.

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Congrats.

Under my tutelage, you will grow from boys to men. From men into gladiators. And from gladiators into SWANSONS.
 

thanks to all, really appreciate it.

Chipper, they told me I was on the wait list a few days after the super day, and continued to follow up with me to check on other offers, etc. Then after a month finally let me know that i was being extended an offer.

"My name's Ralph Cox, and I'm from where ever's not gonna get me hit"
 

thanks, and yea once a week I got in contact with the recruiter or someone at the bank i knew

"My name's Ralph Cox, and I'm from where ever's not gonna get me hit"
 

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