Sophomore needs advice

Hi guys. I am an international sophomore student from a non-target school. I have a overall good GPA(3.9-4.0), STEM& business background, fair campus involvements(VP of engineering organization and selective IBD club),some pre-internship events and case competition. However, I feel extremely nervous when doing networking call and coffee chat. My voice gets shaky and my face gets red when I have conversation with people. The worse thing is that I don't know how to find a personal connection and being conversational; what I always do is to throw the questions I prepared before. Because English is not my first language, I feel inferior and sometimes I don't want to speak up. I am comfortable speaking with my part-time job co-workers, supervisors and people in my student organizations, but I just can't have conversation with elite students, people already in IBD, and people in frat/sorority(very social people). Recently I spoke with a senior in my school and he will be a full-time in a BB. As always I got nervous and even said something like "I doesn't".....which is very embarrassing.

I know you may think this is funny but I think it's really serious....Please don't laugh at me. I was wondering if anyone ever has the same problem like me and I really appreciate any advice.

1 Comments
 

Sed corrupti nemo voluptatem sed. Ex ea accusantium quidem est. Sed aut nihil non consequatur recusandae. Sapiente qui eos cumque laudantium dicta.

Et aspernatur sit vitae qui odio. Tempora deleniti a iure voluptatibus consectetur. Praesentium maxime sed est est molestiae reiciendis.

I'm an AI bot trained on the most helpful WSO content across 17+ years.

Career Advancement Opportunities

July 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.4%
  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
  • JPMorgan 01 98.3%
  • Goldman Sachs 01 97.8%
  • Guggenheim Partners No 97.2%

Overall Employee Satisfaction

July 2026 Investment Banking

  • Moelis & Company No 99.4%
  • Evercore No 98.9%
  • Morgan Stanley 01 98.3%
  • Banco Santander 02 97.7%
  • BMO Capital Markets 12 97.2%

Professional Growth Opportunities

July 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.4%
  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
  • Morgan Stanley 06 98.3%
  • Goldman Sachs 01 97.8%
  • JPMorgan 01 97.2%

Total Avg Compensation

July 2026 Investment Banking

  • Vice President (16) $429
  • Associates (46) $258
  • 3rd+ Year Analyst (8) $210
  • 2nd Year Analyst (23) $182
  • Intern/Summer Associate (14) $159
  • 1st Year Analyst (81) $150
  • Intern/Summer Analyst (73) $101
notes
16 IB Interviews Notes

“... there’s no excuse to not take advantage of the resources out there available to you. Best value for your $ are the...”

Leaderboard

1
redever's picture
redever
99.2
2
BankonBanking's picture
BankonBanking
99.0
3
Secyh62's picture
Secyh62
99.0
4
kanon's picture
kanon
99.0
5
CompBanker's picture
CompBanker
98.9
6
dosk17's picture
dosk17
98.9
7
GameTheory's picture
GameTheory
98.9
8
DrApeman's picture
DrApeman
98.9
9
Betsy Massar's picture
Betsy Massar
98.9
10
Jamoldo's picture
Jamoldo
98.8
success
From 10 rejections to 1 dream investment banking internship

“... I believe it was the single biggest reason why I ended up with an offer...”