+22 Downfall of my GPA 9 7y
+28 CFA® Level 1- Non Finance Background 26 7y
+24 NYU vs Johns Hopkins vs Emory 11 7y
+34 Choosing Colleges-Rutgers, Penn State, UTD, UT CAP, SMU 22 7y
+3 Vanderbilt vs. Georgia Tech 1 7y
+11 UVA or UChicago Undergrad 3 7y
+3 BIG 4 Valuation or boutique investment bank 1 7y
+14 Which offer is the best? 16 7y
+24 Stanford vs MIT vs Angier B. Duke Scholarship at Duke 10 7y
+15 MB Restructuring vs A&M Restructuring 3 7y
+186 No Offers Yet - What to do? 266 7y
+152 Performance of Top Tier vs. Bottom Tier Analysts (Q&A in Comments) 33 7y
+70 Why Oil & Gas? 26 7y
+3 Raymond James Atlanta office? 9 7y
+25 Is ADHD a fine explanation for low GPA 16 7y
+12 Possible to go Investment Banking from Commercial Loan Analyst (1st job out of college) 1 7y
+21 Freshman GPA - am i screwed? 6 7y
+6 Restructuring consulting vs banking 1 7y
+14 Energy IB MBA Schools 3 7y
+15 Notre Dame (Mendoza) vs. UNC (Honors Program and Kenan-Flagler) Undergrad 6 7y
+9 Nonprofit endowment internship 1 7y
+19 UT Austin Math Major. Can I Still Land an IB job? 8 7y
+21 If colleges were stocks 6 7y
+9 Just accepted an offer to attend UT Austin MSF 1 7y
+3 Choosing a college for IB 2 7y
+23 Thoughts on D.A. Davidson's IB? 7 7y
+69 Greatest Acquisition of All Time 25 7y
+3 MS Finance Programs 1 7y
+12 Question regarding career path from a college freshmen in unique situation 1 7y
+12 Should I delay graduation? 1 7y
+45 How hard is it to get into corporate banking? 27 7y
+18 At a Top Boutique, Moving from UK to US - Which City Should I Choose? 3 7y
+12 Prime Chater Ltd... remember anything about this IB from the 90's? 1 7y
+11 How impressive is it to have investment banking on resume as a freshman? 12 7y
+5 Transfer 2 7y
+13 Need help choosing the appropriate Masters in Finance 3 7y
+1 Picking non target schools to apply to 1 8y
+3 Mastodon Ventures 1 8y
+12 Potential to get into IB 1 8y
0 Piper Jaffray !! 1 8y
+13 Internship search from Atlanta non target school 3 8y
+3 Stephens Inc. vs. Raymond James 1 8y
+11 How much of a target is Emory? 14 8y
+13 Considering an MSF to break into IB due to lackluster undergrad performance 4 8y
+6 Gladstone Investments/Companies 1 8y
+20 IB Training v. PE Training 8 8y
+9 What to do when arriving at a semi-target/target from a CC 1 8y
+31 Undergraduate Education: Macaulay Baruch vs. Duke 10 8y
+25 LAC vs Undergrad Business School 21 8y
+12 Charges and Breaking into IB 1 8y
+21 2019 SA: Top IB vs General Atlantic 2 8y
+66 Q&A: Middle Market IB Analyst 34 8y
+95 UVA vs. Villanova (VSB) Investment Banking 64 8y
+13 Best way to get into investment banking without experience 2 8y
+61 Lateral Unlikely - Is MSF the answer? 19 8y
+5 Pen (CAS) vs Duke vs Chapel Hill (pre admit) 2 8y
+17 USC vs. Emory vs. UC Berkeley 14 8y
+36 Which school should I attend to get into Investment Banking: UVA Mcintire or Brown? 26 8y
+3 McCombs Kelley or Babson Undergraduate 1 8y
+13 College Decision Advise 4 8y
+80 EBs have more interesting work than BBs? 15 8y
+12 Longevity in IB - focusing on the long haul 1 8y
+6 Does major matter for Vandy 3 8y
+48 Greenhill's franchise 32 8y
+22 MBA Career Switch to IB Associate 9 8y
+82 Investment Banking University Recruiting Report – 7 Key Takeaways 11 8y
+25 What do I need to do? Overqualified, overeducated, with tons of Sales experience...No job. 7 8y
+4 Is it worth it to be a Math Major at UT-Austin? 2 8y
+34 C in Financial Accounting - How does this affect me? What's next? 13 8y
+14 Top 20 US Uni or Warwick for IB? 14 8y
0 CFA® - Calgary Investment Banking 9 8y
+16 Will STRH look at T20 - 25 PT MBA for IB? 2 8y
+6 Working at Citi Las Colinas (TX) Campus? 5 8y
+7 Different Internship Route 1 8y
+21 MSF -> Boutique -> MBA -> BB 14 8y
+55 Last chance for Investment Banking? 15 8y
+15 Suntrust Robinson Humphrey's Target Schools 15 8y
+15 Baylor University & Investment Banking 4 8y
+3 Thoughts on Raymond James IB? 1 8y
+13 Duke vs Georgetown Master degree 11 8y
+42 Brown/Cornell/UVA undergrad for banking/finance? 32 8y
+19 Need help deciding what colleges to apply too 8 9y
0 Nova, ASU, Brandeis, UCSD, Tulane, Santa Clara? Are these all non-targets? 3 9y
+20 Is William & Mary worth the out-of-state-tuition? 12 9y
+34 WUSTL vs. Cornell 18 9y
0 Is it possible to be in global advisory then become an investment banker? 0 9y
+27 Easiest "target" school to get into 61 9y
+30 On average, how would you rate the girls you attract? How much of it do you think is due to your job? 9 9y
0 Top MSF programs aside from Vandy/UT/Villanova for IB? 1 9y
+2 How are Wake Forest and Notre Dame perceived on the street? Semi-Target? 4 9y
0 Atlanta: Happy Hour/Networking/Meet-up 0 9y
+1 Stay at Rutgers vs. going to UT Austin for IB 2 9y
0 Should a cover letter come across kind of douchey? 3 9y
+294 My hippie mom doesn't want me to go into IB 99 9y
+15 Barclays Capital Atlanta 10 9y
0 Just started looking for a summer Finance internship in Atlanta; am I screwed? [Freshman at target school] 9 9y
+18 CC -> Cornell Transfer Advice 6 9y
+160 NYU Stern not good enough? 222 9y
0 The Finance/Corporate life. Please respond!! 19 9y
+124 Professional Athlete or Investment Banker? 81 9y

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  • JPMorgan 01 98.4%
  • Morgan Stanley 07 97.9%
  • Guggenheim Partners 01 97.4%

Overall Employee Satisfaction

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  • Morgan Stanley 02 98.9%
  • Evercore 01 98.4%
  • Banco Santander 02 97.9%
  • BMO Capital Markets 12 97.4%

Professional Growth Opportunities

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  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
  • Morgan Stanley 05 98.4%
  • Goldman Sachs 01 97.9%
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  • Associates (57) $264
  • 3rd+ Year Analyst (8) $210
  • 2nd Year Analyst (28) $184
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  • 1st Year Analyst (84) $151
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