Houston Banking

Freshman at SMU. Just got denied by spindletop, thinking about ending it all... 

Is it unrealistic to want to place at an S-tier firm in Houston? (GS, RJ, EVR, or Scotia)
If anyone has advice or contacts at these banks lmk.

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Probably a sophomore who got dinged by Scotia or RJ. Btw, when I was in Spindletop a couple years ago, there was zero tolerance for this kind of shitposting. “Who’s the final boss in Houston, GS or JEF?” “Who farms more aura, EVR or RBC?”

I took a few calls this cycle and tried to figure out who was the one make these shitposts. The funny thing is, half the guys I talked to sounded like they could’ve written them

 

the houston banking community is pretty tight-knit, networking goes a long way

 

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