I'm a rising sophomore at a target school and it seems like most people are starting technicals already and are anticipating applications to release earlier than previous years.
I asked my friends at non targets and they seemed to say the same thing. Will we eventually see a year where banks are recruiting during freshman year?
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Yes, applications continuously creep earlier and earlier every year, though I bet it'd slow down eventually. Better start grinding those technicals!
So evercore isn't actually releasing apps in september? I assume even if its not september its earlier than usual
my peers at non targets were generally more sweaty than those i knew at targets. i think a lot of kids who are at nontargets have a greater sense of urgency/motivation to "catch up". i'm actually a huge advocate for nontargets who are really locked in on their interview prep
agreed. lots of people at my nontarget starting to pick up technicals now
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