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+7 Sophomore Internship Choice 3 11y
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+53 What to do when Balance Sheet does not balance? 51 5y
0 WSO Toronto Meetup 3 6y
+9 Citi TMT dissolving? 19 6y
+12 Interesting Situation - Advice Welcomed 4 8y
+16 Applying to Boutiques/MM 8 12y
0 GS Full-time Training Start Date 5 11y
+3 WSO Chat Time for Non-targets 2 12y
0 Will PE firms still recognize my Lev Fin exp? 6 12y
0 Help with a financial model 4 12y
+41 Barclays - Top IBD Groups in UK/EU? 27 5y
+51 Post MBA IBD Associate hours 56 8y
0 Real Estate Debt Fund/REPE to Non RE Banking 4 6y
+47 I'm A Former Trader Who Now Owns A Food Truck: Ask Me Anything 45 12y
0 Summer Analyst Tax Rate in NYC 9 6y
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+27 Elite boutique to PE/HF/Credit fund 11 6y
0 Managing directors and heads 4 12y
+37 Is Activism Defense a top Goldman Group? 28 3y
+32 Payback: From Michael Milken to HFT 4 12y
+21 Undergrads: Non-finance, non-target, not a problem. 5 Steps to get you started. 5 12y
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+37 Is Goldman Shuttering Sigma X? 14 12y
0 Mergers and Acquistions Iphone game!! 6 12y
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+12 Undergrad Choices: Dartmouth vs. Northwestern vs. Georgetown vs. USC vs. Emory 19 6y
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+13 *HELP* 2 Summer Internship offers, what's the best to get into IB? 3 12y
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+20 Raymond James Exit Ops 19 6y
+28 How to stand out in investment banking? 49 9y
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+24 DCF - How do you come up with your Terminal Growth Rate? 9 10y
+10 JP Morgan IBD Non-Target Analyst Recruiting 7 12y
+8 How to Break into TMT Banking from Non-CS Major 4 12y
+16 MS M&A vs BX M&A vs Evercore 14 6y
+15 College advice: Dartmouth, Duke, or NYU Stern 6 6y
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0 GS Strats vs. Multi-Strategy HF Summer 3 12y
+68 Hedgies Wild About Citi 38 12y
+14 Origin of the 70k Base 23 12y
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+36 Duke vs. UC Berkeley Regents 32 6y
0 Help with Private Banking Offer 3 12y
0 RBS Stamford Compensation 4 12y
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+15 Suntrust Robinson Humphrey's Target Schools 15 8y
+72 Bonus Bananas April 4, 2014 48 12y
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+40 Indiana (Kelley) vs Boston College (Carroll) Undergrad 28 5y
+7 JP Morgan Veterans Internship Program Question 1 12y
0 How to find recent IPOs that a firm has worked on and info on it? 3 12y
0 Highpoint Partners? Anyone knows anything? 6 6y
+65 Banking Associate to PE or HF 46 5y
0 Could somebody at Harris Williams or Stifel please PM me? 3 12y
0 Discount for lack of marketability/liquidity 3 12y
0 Chicago IB -> SF PE? 10 6y
0 Performance Rights 0 12y
0 Which banks have Public Sector IB Groups (Not Public Finance) 2 12y
+4 Am I allowed to deal source on here? 1 12y
+9 Last minute interview 9 12y
0 Generalist SA Program Advice 1 6y
0 Can the bank change the contract? 6 12y
+10 Investment banking survival for Men 7 12y
+71 Credit Risk Analyst - My Experience 17 6y
0 Pre-University Work Experience 2 6y
0 Interest rate on debt 5 10y
+13 NYC Analyst training program - Summer 2014 17 6y
+20 ---delete--- 27 12y
+11 Sorry! Another college thread... 23 12y
+59 Unreasonable Expectations 29 12y
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+100 Do some people never break into IB? Any stories? 49 3y
+18 Harvard, Princeton, or Columbia for undergrad? 22 10y
+16 Brown vs Duke Undergrad 14 12y
+15 How do investment banks calculate their fees? 10 10y
+48 So Facebook just bought Oculus for $2bn.... 50 12y
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  • Evercore No 98.8%
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Professional Growth Opportunities

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