Incoming freshman at target school. Any advice on how to prepare for IB recruiting, club apps, etc? Also, how do you get internships during the school year-is it through just cold emailing or other mechanisms? Thanks for the help.
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There’s a bunch of threads about this already. Read before you ask - just a good habit
I understand, honestly just wanted a good answer to the second question because I didn’t feel as though the threads I looked through gave sufficient answers. If you know if any good threads off the top of your head, that would be great!
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Definitely join one of the finance clubs but more importantly find some way to become friends with upperclassmen. When I recruited it was a huge help to be able to mock interview with guys who just went through recruiting, talk through behavioral answers, know what resources they found helpful for prep. Could be through one of the likely many finance clubs your school has (there was only one at my non-target), a fraternity, sport, anything you do. Best prep freshman year is just learning how recruiting is done at your school so you’re able to participate in whatever on-campus recruiting there is. Doing any kind of prep and networking during freshman year will keep you on track. It’s good you know you want it from the outset. I started light prep the summer before freshman year and it made a huge difference. Wouldn’t have had as good a shot from my school. Unfortunately knew many guys who learned about IB in their third year and had already missed recruiting. So accelerated nowadays I’d be surprised if it doesn’t end up creeping into the summer / fall for sophomores.
Make sure you enjoy college too. The friends you make are undoubtedly going to be successful. It’s a very fun time of your life and the kids at your target will be a great group to know.
Thanks for the help! Curious to know, what was the light prep you did to prepare for freshman year?
Basic prep like figuring out what clubs there are at your school, doing desktop research on IB recruiting, watching some high level videos on valuation.
Just curious, what did your friends who found out too late end up doing? I’m in a similar boat, doing a VC internship rn and trying to go for IB FT
Some of them successfully recruited for full time IB roles during their senior year and started at small to mid-sized banks without doing a summer analyst program. Most of them work in Big4 accounting or consulting. The guys who got into banking late typically had done a remote off-cycle internship with any bank they could find even if it was winter or spring their senior year. Made a difference as most of them lacked freshman and sophomore year internships.
Wanna chime in. Most of them delayed graduation (gap year/less course load) to recruit for SA.
FT is a lot harder without a SA/previous IB experience, a stellar GPA with solid extracurricular, and a compelling story.
If I were u, would try get a regional bank asap (should be a lot easier as you are just competing with 1st/2nd ppl).
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