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+12 MBA Summer Associate (MS Generalist Pool/GS Healthcare/Moelis/PWP/Lazard) 1 8y
+20 Previous NYU dorm residents experience? 89 8y
+56 Does having multiple Private Equity internships look bad for IB SA? 10 8y
+12 Need Advice: Internal Transfers at Big 4 from Risk to TAS 1 8y
+25 Underaccomplished 7 8y
+17 Research Question (PLEASE HELP) 1 8y
+27 January recruiting? Boutiques? 6 8y
+17 For Non-Traditional, Non- Finance/Accounting major (Core specifics of what is needed to break into IBD) 4 8y
+20 Selecting Part of Cell in Excel 20 8y
+24 Life is over? 18 8y
+12 Seeking Advice about MM Exit Opps 1 8y
0 Sophomore Summer Internship- Good decision? 0 8y
+21 New Investment Banking Interview Course 0 8y
+33 Depreciation in COGS and EBITDA 13 8y
+36 J. P. Morgan Video Interview Overview 17 8y
+14 Information on Mitsubishi UFG CIB? 8 8y
+45 No internship Junior summer help! 55 8y
+18 Name Dropping Contacts on Cover Letter 24 8y
0 NewOak Capital 8 8y
+48 Actuary profession and Exit Opportunites 49 8y
+16 Santander 15 8y
+5 Babson College 16 8y
0 Intrepid Advisors 8 8y
0 Golden Key Honor Society 16 8y
+8 Oppenheimer Industrials group- Offer? 18 8y
+119 Macbook for banking? 153 8y
+67 Settling DCM/ECM once and for all 73 8y
+57 What would happen if I just walk into another schools information session? 68 8y
+8 Most 'Laid Back' (Chill) BB 24 8y
+7 How are exit opps for Citi Banking Analysts in general? M&A exit opps? 10 8y
+21 A 9-5 Job after your two year analyst stint? 13 8y
0 George K. Baum 4 8y
+33 What does it really mean to network? 19 8y
+16 Marshall and Stevens 8 8y
+21 boutique vs middle market banks, post-MBA 7 8y
+26 Pitching a sell-side M&A deal 28 8y
+11 BAML Palo Alto Office 10 8y
0 What exactly goes on after a Superday 21 8y
+25 Where to find a Fairness Opinion? 18 8y
0 TMT news sites for banking 8 8y
+16 Transition into Investment Banking or Asset Management 5 8y
+20 When is an IPO an IPO? 6 8y
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+12 Breaking In - late to the game 1 8y
+13 Email delivery failed to HR recruiter - what do I do? 2 8y
+12 FIG Model Drivers Help 1 8y
+14 Fake it to make it? 2 8y
+9 MM Banking SA Superday - WF/BAML/JPM/Citi 3 8y
+23 Follow Up Thank You Email With Wrong Name 40 8y
+43 LTM, NTM and Forward Multiples 38 8y
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+23 Networking on Linkedin 10 8y
+12 Keeping in touch with bankers over senior year/winter break 1 8y
+8 What is the typical personal life of an Ibd MD? 2 8y
0 PubFin at BB vs. Peter J. Solomon 2 8y
+150 Best entry level jobs out of 4 years college 187 8y
+12 Model in a wheelchair (attached) 1 8y
+4 What positions can a person with either an underwriting or analyst internship at an investment bank pivot into? 3 8y
+25 What do I need to do? Overqualified, overeducated, with tons of Sales experience...No job. 7 8y
+3 Risk vs. Consumer Banking 1 8y
+3 FINRA Exams and Prep Courses 1 8y
+4 General Financial Analysis questions 1 8y
+5 Rosenbaums 1st edition outdated? 2 8y
+108 Best Non-Wharton/Stern Schools for BB Investment Banking 88 8y
+26 Self-Taught XOM Model 7 8y
+17 M&A Comparables for Precedent Transactions 23 8y
+3 Looking for Knopman materials 2016 or later 1 8y
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+14 Working Capital question in closing an M&A deal 3 8y
0 Career Guidance: Huge Promotion in Corporate Development vs Analyst at BB / Top MM 1 8y
+11 Start entry-level job 2 8y
+12 senior-secured leveraged lending question 2 8y
+13 How hard is it to switch from IB BB SA to RX FT? 1 8y
+14 Ops Consulting to IBD - Renege on Lateral Offer? 1 8y
0 Summer Analyst Tax Return 8 8y
+22 Check Projected Balance Sheet 24 8y
+12 Best Way to Follow Up After Super Day 8 8y
+4 Undergrad Senior Spring Semester - Ideas 3 8y
+12 How do promotions work (Analyst 0, 1, 2, etc) 8 8y
+6 Internship 1 8y
+39 Investment Banking Divorce Rate 15 8y
+109 What counts as "debt" in an enterprise value calculation? 109 8y
+3 Failing a course that doesn't count for GPA 2 8y
+9 Breaking in without the top marks 3 8y
+15 How to approach compensation difference? 1 8y
+3 Citi Graduate Programme 2018 1 8y
+47 Toughest Technical Interview Question? -- How do you structure an M&A/IPO deal? 19 8y
+23 LinkedIn message reviews please :) 3 8y
+33 Increase in Cap-ex decreases your EV in DCF but increases your EV when moving from Equity value to EV? 10 8y
+10 Is sophomore PE internship relevant? 4 8y
+34 The Worries of an Incoming Analyst 3 8y
+3 Looking for a finance related internship in the UK before my undergraduate program 1 8y
0 Questions about Exit Cap Rate, NPV and UFCF 0 8y
+21 Credit/Fixed Income Research Associate 12 8y
+20 Deutsche Bank Current Status 14 8y
+32 I am 36 years old and I want to get into Investment Banking, especially equity analysis 7 8y
+12 More-Market Oriented Groups? 2 8y
+349 From BO to FO and back again, or, how I learned to stop worrying and love technology 79 8y
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  • Morgan Stanley 02 99.0%
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Professional Growth Opportunities

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  • Morgan Stanley 05 98.4%
  • Goldman Sachs 01 97.9%
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