No RO and Dark Thoughts

I didn’t get a return offer from my BB/EB this summer and I’m having a really hard time dealing with it.

I spent years trying to get into banking and took on a lot of debt for school because I thought I was working toward something. I finally got the internship I wanted and then didn’t convert it. Right now it feels like I got my shot and blew it.

I’ve gotten to a pretty bad place mentally over this. I’ve had some dark thoughts, I barely want to get out of bed, and I keep thinking about what I should have done differently. Everyone else is going back to school with a job and I’m going back with nothing and a no-return that I now have to explain.

I’m not really looking for “you’re young, it’ll work out.” I genuinely want to know how fucked I am for FT recruiting. When another bank asks whether I got a return, is that basically game over? How much of a red flag is this in practice?

If anyone here didn’t get a return from a BB/EB and still ended up somewhere good, I would really appreciate hearing what happened. Where did you land, how did you explain it, and how much did the no-return actually hurt you?

Right now it feels like I spent the last few years working toward one opportunity, got it, and fucked it up.

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You can always figure it out. The window is tight, pick up your head and grind harder than you did.

If you truly want a seat for FT, whether it's a step down to a boutique shop, I guarantee you can get it. Just GTFO of bed and get to it...

 
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