How to be exceptional?

Will be interning at a top group this summer. I come from an average school and have no peers or family in or going into finance so I always feel out of the loop and that im missing out when it comes to preparation/learning for finance careers. What can I do between now and the summer to make sure I can compete and perform very well? I'm aware of the opportunities performing well at my firm will bring so do not want to waste it.

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Most groups have an intern project of some sort where you do a model in teams of 3-4 over the course of the summer. You'll do a lot of random excel work and lots in PPT like pasting logos and turning text comments

Definitely not expected to know how to model - if you weren't a finance major it'll be a steeper learning curve so I would try to have a reasonable understanding of the 3 statements / start to learn basic excel. But any finance major has probably covered that already

 

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