This is largely group dependent. I think some of the other commenters are blowing off your question too quickly. I work at a group that's not fratty at all and we don't have a work hard play hard culture. People get their work done and live their own lives. Other places that are more hardo tend to compensate with juniors (through VP-level) partying with the analysts a lot which peaks in the summer when there are interns to impress. Get a sense of the people who work in the group, try to talk to them on the phone, meet in-person if possible.

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If you weren’t a GDI I’m sure you’d know

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Every banker is a chad that grew up playing lax at middle sex and exclusively dates Barnard chicks that hate capitalism but have MD fathers

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Depends on bank, but I would argue it is very minimal now a days.

Is it going to be more male? Yes. Is it going to attract Type A personalities? Yes. Are there going to be people who use drugs? Yes. Does IB have a bunch of young people in it? Yes. Does this make it Fratty? You decide.

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That’s why we only use Greek letters in finance, like alpha and vega for example.

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