This dude showed up on my Instagram page again today

Is this a scare tactic, or have banks really ended recruiting for 2022? I’m nowhere near the stage of applying to internships, but when I do, what is the right timeline?

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Actually coming back and rereading with the context of you being a high schooler, I think I better understand what you’re asking. I think you’re asking generally when do banks recruit and are surprised 2022 is over? In that case, the first comment has given you your answer. 

 
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Actually useful tips for someone in high school:

- If you are deciding between two schools that are otherwise equal to you and equal level of banking "target" school (I hate the rankings people do here, but some fairly highly ranked schools have surprisingly minimal IB recruiting), if one has a finance major go with that unless we're talking Harvard or similar as the other school. It's just so much easier to be ready for recruiting when you have already taken finance and accounting and don't have to teach yourself everything as an econ major would.

- Join clubs on campus, one or two should do it. Doesn't need to be the finance club, in fact I'd skip that and join something that plans medium to large campus events. Get a leadership position and actually help plan the events. Big help when you're making your resume and answering "tell me about a time when" questions.

- Keep your GPA up, this goes without saying - you don't really need a 4.0, 3.7+ is good. Take the easiest classes you can find to fill your schedule, banks will never ask to see what classes you are taking so don't take a hard one to impress anyone. Same thing goes for major/minor - CS or math minor is not a net boost if your GPA goes down. Stick to the one finance major and fill your time in other ways

- Early in freshman spring start looking for an internship. Doesn't need to and probably will not be IB. Wealth management at your local place is great. A tiny search fund of 8 people is great. Anything to do over the summer, even if it's part time, adds to your resume.

- Networking, I am not going to write a whole thing on this but you need to do it early in your sophomore year. 

- And finally, recruiting runs from Feb/March until August. Be ready to go in Feb and you should have a network at that point to tell you when their recruiting is happening.

 

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