Sophomore Winter Break Grind

Hi all, thought I’d share my daily checklist for recruiting over winter break. Currently recruiting from semi/non target IB club at a state school.

  1. Tell my parents how much money I’ll be making as a first year analyst

  2. Read 5 pages of [Michael Lewis book]

  3. Shit on my friends who went to shitty D3 schools and want to do finance

  4. Browse Zillow for apartments once I go full time

  5. Have my Mom ask me Technicals from IB Vine (filtered to basic DCF technicals)

  6. Send follow up cold networking emails to EB first year analysts with my newfound winter break availability

  7. Skim BIWS guides in between Fortnite OG matches with high school friends (making sure to tell them how hard I’m grinding)

This is my current routine. Please let me know what else I can be doing for a banking offer.

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