4.0 gpa at whart/harv/yale, decent networking 1-2 calls a firm, best clubs, interned at mm last summer, getting no looks from banks lol
Not even made its just funny, straight white male
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Assume your spot is taken by a white woman, DEI Becky.
She is pursuing gender studies at Dartmouth and HR at GS feels her leadership experience from on-campus protests will be a valuable addition.
If you think those kind of girls exist at Dartmouth, you're crazy. The girls there are stone-cold killers raised from birth in Greenwich to play lacrosse and work at GS C&R.
3.7 gpa at h/y/w, straight white male, have gotten multiple r1’s + offers off cold apps. Stop complaining and reflect. If you’re getting 1-2 calls, why arent those converting into r1’s?
Don't think a lot of the firms started their processes yet other than the Texas firms / HL RX / PJT RSSG / Q and maybe Barclays?
How underway is RSSG are all interviews out?
A lot of processes outside of those have started under the hood
Can you give some examples other than diversity processes?
Well most apps just came out. Which ones have you applied to that’s r1s/sds have come out?
1-2 calls a firm isn’t enough lol. You know how many Harvard / Wharton kids with near perfect GPAs, that are in every club and interned at a mm pe firm we get. You really have to stand out in intro calls or know the right people.
Honestly at this point we get so many people from Wharton / Harvard its just so.. standard. I don't know I don't see the difference at this point in terms of quality from an Analyst from IU (IBW ofc we have standards) vs a Analyst from Wharton.
Step it up and play the game like the rest of the kids. You're not competing against frat bro from bama, you're competing against everyone.
is there any meaningful difference between cornell/umich vs. wharton/harvard atp
Congrats on umich
Is outside IBW really that negative?
a dead fish can get into kelley
Congrats on getting into Indiana.
You are probably just a bot
Such truth. Throw some entitlement in there too
Bud ib lost all its prestige. We used to drop resumes off at the career center and voila interview.
Do you want to be surrounded by a San Diego state or university of South Carolina grad?
May I suggest diplomacy foreign affairs or big law?
Its not worth surrounding yourself with people who don't understand the value of prestige.
Big law is covered in Fordham kids. Honestly I don't know of any industry thats exclusively ivy league kids. The value of a college education is in question in all regards.
The HVAC owner / operator that sells his business to a MBA search fund is the one that makes out like a bandit. Millionaires minted barely with a GED
"Never confuse education with intelligence" Feynman
never happened
Why do you think that...?
Holy skill issue
Honestly networking has become less important. Especially NYC offices which are very HR driven sure a referral could help but many ppl get r1s without networking for NYC.
This probably means you’re the problem unfortunately. Eventually it goes beyond qualifications and to you as a person.
small fish big pond
What’s your degree in?
Skill diff
People are shitting on how this is a boring profile but what more could he do? What’s he missing that would lead to interviews (not sure where since most apps opened mere days ago though)
yeah it's BS you can grind your way into a target school, grind your way into a top club and a 4.0 gpa and they won't even have a convo with you. Clubs are competitive too so I doubt he's socially incompetent. feel for him unless he's a total boner and completely unaware about it
Know a few guys at wharton that ended up at a tier d firm but they were all very chill and technically sharp. Recruiting is just fucked and skewed unfavorably against certain demographics
Be brave and call it out. Banks only want to hire women.
I’m curious what those Wharton guys did wrong to end up at a tier D firm. I know some very successful Wharton guys so clearly it’s very much within reach so what did they do wrong
Congrats on yale
straight white male and you think thats the problem lol? most of these banks look exactly like you
Clanker
If this is real you must be insufferable lol
Not saying this is you, but just to be sure, have you gotten feedback from others on how you handle coffee/informational chats?
I ask this bc people at my company have had chats with candidates before that looked good on paper (Ivy League, good gpa, good ECs, friendly in emails) but were absolutely awkward in person or in call. One candidate was disqualified from the interview invite even though his stats were perfect bc 3 different people he chatted with told the recruiter he was uncomfortably awkward and physically didn’t look polished.
I genuinely don’t think anyone has given him that feedback to his face because he seems to lack awareness, and he wasnt rude or unpleasant either. Just fumbled a lot in his speaking and awkward.
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