Incoming college freshman hungry for some bananas

I am going to be a freshman at Stern next year and know that I want to go into Ibanking. It was the premise of my decision in going with Stern and want to know how to get this started right. As of now, I am a Finance major, but am unsure about the second major (any suggestions). How early is too early for starting make connections and trying to get interships and how should I go about doing this? I also plan on joining Alpha Kappa Psi as soon as I can. Of course at the same time I'll try to be maintaining my grades. I dont want to screw up and am super motivated to crack into the ibanking field, so whats your advice guys?

 

-go join AKPsi - it's good networking and resume builder, esp if you do leadership,

-get good grades - even if you just major in finance, the curve is hard at NYU

-have solid experience during other summers, and even during the school year since I hear a lot of Sternies get some solid school-yr internships

-enjoy college, man... as much as you say you want to do banking, college is as good as it gets!

 
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freshman/sophmore year have fun. but keep your grades up

junior year join some clubs(they are a big time commitment, and i'm sure you don't want to spend the time during the first 2 years when it doesn't really matter(i.e. I leave home at 8:30 for the club, and get home at 12-1 am...granted I have to commute 40 minutes each way...but still)

summer of junior year get an internship...any bank won't do, try to get an internship at THE bank you want to work for..work your ass off during the summer and get that offer, you don't want to be asked when you interview "why exactly didn't you get a full time offer?"

senior year if you have the offer, have some fun, take some intersting courses, lighten that workload. If not start applying for investment banking jobs and going to interviews.

You should have a full time offer by January...then last semester relax, because you'll be working your ass off when you start(100 hours per week, 24/7). For winter break definetly take that sign on bonus and go travel somewhere.

But the most important thing is keeping your gpa up, because thats the #1 thing recruiters look for.

 

Sure, you can fuck around with bullshit clubs and shit like that. But fuck that. If you know you want to be IB, you know you want to be fucking IB. Bullshit clubs abound on every resume. Fuck that. Don't put yourself in with the rest. Do something great. Teach kids English in China for a summer. Do something amazing. That is how to score a position. Trust me. I'm being trained for recruting for my 3rd.

 

Get motivated for IB. Blaze on through with your 3.8 and incredible ECs. Don't do anything during the school year, just get good grades. During the summers do some good shit. I've been on a couple of trips to my alma mater and we've got some crazy ECs. One dude enlisted in the Army Reserve in high school -he's out now. That is what we look for. Not bullshit investment clubs. They are bullshit. We want the good stuff.

 

take dan's advice with a grain of salt

by Dan Bush (Gorilla, 602banana) on Fri, 2006-07-21 18:36 General I-Banking Discussion

Hi, I will be a junior at a target school next year. I'm looking forward to interviewing and i am hoping to land a summer analyst position for summer '07. I am quite familiar w/ the banking sector due to these wonderful message boards and from reading books. I either want to do banking (M&A) or trading (Credit Derivatives or Equity Derivatives). Can somebody with INSIDE KNOWLEDGE explain day-in-life and compensation characteristics for the two? Thanks

 

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