HYP sophomore— did freshman summer at a top MM IB and going to a low bb for sophomore summer. 4.0 GPA, in finance clubs, leadership stuff, and networked 60+ bankers across BB and EB.
Still haven’t gotten a single R1 for 27SA. Is this normal or am I cooked at this point
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ur not alone
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Not alone.
How did you get a BB sophomore summer when programs were cut? Stay strong, try to get a return this summer.
UBS still has a soph program for s&t i think
"I'm a sophomore at Princeton and got an offer, but even for me it was hard."
Are you international? Only reason I can think of aside from your networking wasn’t good/people disliked you.
yes, I am international (that might be the reason). I would say I wouldn’t worry about the networking calls part cuz I now have 1Rs at a few EBs and also PE, but still nth for BB tho
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