FT Recruiting - End of semester results

School- Non-target GPA 3.5 Finance SA- N/A

First round-0 SuperDay-1 Offers- O

Real bad going to a non-target i am looking at unemployment after graduation...

School: Target (Ivy) GPA: bad below 3.0/4.0 in humanities SA: BB IBD, no return offer

First rounds OCR (excluding CapMkt, S&T and consulting): 1 Superdays: 0 (almost got it!!!! but they turned me down after 2 weeks) Offers: 1 (BB IBD, see below)

So OCR was long over and I had completely given it up and planned on applying for SA or starting off my career as an associate consultant, and then about 3 weeks ago I got a phone call from HR out of the blue. I went in for my first-round interviews, talked with a bunch of bankers and left the office with a FT offer. I am always the lucky one :) Don't lose hope monkeys!

This is bullshit

Non-Targets don't have OCR so chances are he/she has already done that...

School: Semi-Target (Public University) GPA: ~4.0 in Math SA: BB IBD; Received FT Offer; Turned it down (Well, technically I reneged)

First Rounds: I think 11 Second Rounds: Invited to 9, although I only went to about 4 Offers: 3 (Informed the 4th that I'd be going elsewhere)

Going the Prop Trading route.

I was being debbie downer earlier and bombing this thread with my own disappointment, well done though.

Non Target 3.4 Econ SA - AM at BB

First Rounds - Don't remember exactly now, close to 10 Super days - 3 Offers - 0

Target 3.6 Finance SA - ER at MM ibank, had return offer

First rounds - 26, attended 24 Final rounds - 10, attended 6 Offers - 3 (large AM buyside research, small mezz fund, supermajor oil)

Non-Target 3.6 Finance SA - at F1000

First rounds - 2 Superday's - 1 Offers - 0

Granted I didn't start networking until 1 mo before recruiting but still disappointing. Also, going to a non-target fuckin sucks. Probably working in some other form of corporate finance next year.

Semi-Target 3.3 Business SA - IBD at MM

First Rounds - 15 Final Rounds - 6, attended 4 Offers - 1 BB IBD

Hard year but gotta keep hustlin

Can anyone comment on likelihood of contracts/offers being cancelled? I'm scared shitless I'm going to get a phone call in the spring basically saying "well, times are tough and we changed our mind. Sorry bro!"

For what it's worth, I've already passed all the background checks, signed my contract, and been given a start date/location/etc... I suppose I'm just overly pessimistic.

Anyways, to answer the original question: Target (Canada) 3.0 Engineering Summers - Nothing finance related, all engineering

First Rounds - 3 Final Rounds - 3 Offers - 1 (IBD)

common theme so far: everyone with an offer had some sort of serious, quantitative real-world summer work experience.

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School - Target GPA - 3.5 Econ SA - AM (went through FT recruitment later)

First Round - 5 Superday - 2 (including FT recruitment at the shop where i was an SA) Offers - 1 (didn't wait to hear back from other and let them know my decision)

I think this is my first post and I'm not all caught up on all the lingo

School- Semi-Target Public GPA - 3.5

I interned at ESPN Stats & Analysis and an AM division of an IB for my Soph/Junior yrs

First Rounds- 8 Second/Final Rounds- 4 Offers- 1

I'll be a prop trader next Fall and very thankful I escaped the grasp of corporate finance

School- Semi-Target GPA 3.4 Economics/English SA- Corporate Financial Consulting (return offer)

First round-23 superday- 4 Offers- 2 (accepted MM IBD)

I understand this year was extremely tough on recruiting, especially for IBD but I networked my ass off, applied to every single OCR I could find, and knocked on every door until one opened. For those who are still looking, don't give up, you just have to exhaust all options. I ended up at my first choice and if you see from my first round numbers....I struck out ALOT before I could get some people to move me to the next round.

Semi Target 3.8 Finance/Econ SA- Boutique IB

First Round- 6 Superday- 4 Offers- 2 (accepted MM IBD)

School - Non-Target GPA - 3.9 Finance SA - BB IBD in regional office (no return offer)

First Rounds - 11 Superdays - 6, attended 4 Offers - 4 (accepted BB IBD)

What's up with all the semi-targets?

What do you guys consider targets???

School - Non-Target GPA - 3.5 Finance SA - None

First Rounds - 1 Superdays - 0 Offers - 0

Applied to over 60 banks now. Shouldn't have burnt my PetsMart bridge this summer. At this point I'm better off collecting empty bottles and recycling them at a nickel each.

School: Semi-Target (Private) GPA: 3.5 in Finance SA: Top BB S&T; Did not receive FT offer

First Rounds: 12-15 Second Rounds: Invited to 6, took 5 Offers: 4 (was still on hold at the 5th)

School - Target GPA - 3.0 or worse Econ SA - Fixed-Income

First Rounds - 15+ Superdays/Final Rounds - 3 Offers - 2 (cancelled 3rd final round)

I applied to over 70 positions related to finance and consulting. Finally found a good fit. Makes it all worth it.

Year:2010

School:Semi-Target GPA: 3.9 SA..haha ya right I had just transferred from a community college I had no idea how the game worked

First Rounds:20+ Superdays:4 Offers:1

Offer was in ops. Took it and ran. Realized that I could not tolerate the thought of working in ops another day and went to grad school.

Year:2011

School:Regional Target GPA: doesn't matter SA:ya...ops

First Rounds:8 Superdays:1 attended, 3-4 offered Offers:All it took was one

Fortunately, I will be starting at a BB in S&T next summer. Was the year of forgone salary and tuition worth it to have a FO job....I'd do it a million and a half times and never blink twice. Best of luck to all you monkeys, if I can get it, anyone can

School: Non-Target State GPA: >3.9- Accounting SA: Unknown Boutique

FT First Rounds: 8 Superdays: 5, atteneded 4,(Mix between BB, MM's and Boutiques) Alternate Spots: 2 Offers: 1 - Well Known MM

Best ROI !!!! LOL

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School - Non-Target GPA - 3.96 Math and Quant Econ SA - Soph SA in IBD at BB, Junior SA in Quant Trading at BB (Accepted return offer on the spot)

First Round - 0 Superday - 0 Offers - 1

As a non-target, I realize my options are limited. Since I did in fact get very lucky and I love what I was hired to do, I jumped on it.

School: Semi-target (private) GPA: 3.4 Finance/Econ SA: Regional M&A MM

First round: 15 Superday: 6 (all MM or elite boutiques, think Lazard/Evercore/Centerview, etc.) Offers: 0

It's always those damn superdays.

LinfoneWhat's up with all the semi-targets? What do you guys consider targets???

Harvard, Wharton, Princeton.

School: State School (Don't think it's a "non-target" because I have never networked my college career) GPA: 3.7 Finance & Accounting SA: Corporate development (don't do FT offers)

First round: 10 IBD Super rounds: 6 Offers: 4 (BB, 2x MM, Elite Boutique)

School: Target GPA: 3.3 Finance & International Business SA: Hedge Fund (they didnt do fulltime offers)

First Rounds: Around 10 Superdays: 3 Offers: 0

Its rough out there

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School: Non-Target GPA: 4.0 Finance SA: Boutique M&A

First Rounds: 6 Superdays: 4 Offers: 2 (both MM)

School - Non-Target GPA - 3.6 Finance SA - regionally respected boutique - public finance (no return offer)

Applications - 300+ First Rounds - 4 Superdays - 3 (2 boutique IB, 1 Buyside ER) Offers - 1 Buyside ER... one of the boutique IBs still hasn't gotten back to me, accepted Buyside ER with comparable banking pay, less hours, great location, and top tier b-school placement.

School: Non-Target GPA - 3.9 Finance SA - MM S&T First rounds - 10 Superdays - 6 (5 attended) Offers - 5

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