0 GPA big factor 9 6y
0 2007 list of BB Summer Associate class by colleges 26 6y
0 GE's acquisition of Merrill Lynch Capital 0 6y
0 Everyone's a comedian...or economist 5 6y
0 Buffett trumps TARP 5 6y
0 Breaking into IB or Corporate Financial Analysis 0 6y
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+23 Target Schools - Rising junior with an engineering major/econ minor 25 6y
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0 just out of curiousity 48 6y
0 Bank Mergers - Curious to get some opinions 5 6y
0 Transition - Thoughts on transitioning from corp law to banking? 8 6y
0 Advice Needed - Hoping to break into IB in around 12 months 4 6y
+26 Current and Former recruiters, please just 1 minute of your time to read this thread.. 24 6y
+27 How to Answer Salary Question in Email? 52 6y
+12 New target schools 19 6y
+29 Care to lend some help to a confused student? (question regarding majors) 19 6y
+10 ECM & IPOs 3 6y
+15 Brown, Gibbons, Lang & Co - looking for info 12 6y
+29 Columbia University vs. UChicago 43 6y
0 IU or CC->Berkeley 11 6y
+18 Summer Housing Chicago 56 6y
0 Couple of questions for people in banking/hedge fund/PE 8 6y
0 Double Major in Economics and Statistics V.S Economics and IOE 12 6y
+6 Raymond James SF vs. Lazard MM Chicago SA 10 6y
+11 University of Illinois-Urbana Champagne vs. Baruch College 16 6y
0 A couple questions on education and experience 4 6y
0 ND non-business VS. Michgan engineering 8 6y
0 Knopman S63 & S79 Materials - For Sale 0 6y
0 What to do next? - Alum with a 3.3 in Economics 4 6y
+20 Preparing for IBD recruiting and Ph.D program at the same time? 15 6y
0 Should I keep searching? or quit it for now? 6 6y
0 Put on resume or not 4 6y
0 Advice for a Sophomore 3 6y
0 How much does going to Ivies/MIT/Stanford/Chicago/Duke/etc really help? 6 6y
0 Graduate Accounting --> Big 4 ---> IBD ??? 10 6y
+24 BAML Chicago Intel? 27 6y
0 Public Finance Major 3 6y
+2 4.0 at non-target vs ~3.2 at Ivies/MIT/Stanford/Chicago/Duke 5 6y
0 Majoring in Physics instead of going to Ross 13 6y
+37 Black Jack's SA Recruiting Advice Thread 15 6y
0 Anyone hear back regarding Baird's DC office? 4 6y
0 Masters in Industrial Engineering--career prospects? 1 6y
+12 Is WUSTL a target school by top I-banks? 27 6y
+18 Q&A with Healthcare Investment Banker 6 6y
0 Need Guidance, Please!! Situation with On-boarding and ethnicity selection 0 6y
0 Chicago IB -> SF PE? 10 6y
+35 USC Marshall vs UIUC College of Business vs Depaul Driehaus 23 6y
0 Need internship advice - what to aim for next summer? 3 6y
0 IB SA Interview 12 6y
0 Key vs Piper vs Canaccord (bonus, culture, prestige) 6 6y
+16 Cornell Hotel for IB? (vs. UMich Econ [currently]) 15 6y
+5 How integrated are Summer Analysts? 4 6y
0 BP IST Program to FT IBD 7 6y
+45 Networking Approach 31 6y
0 Chicago Banks that Hire Sophomores? 2 6y
+13 School for west coast banking? 8 6y
0 Chicago Sanctions WF for a Year 0 6y
+30 Chances of IB at BB 9 6y
+31 Why You Should Never Quit Goldman Sachs 1 6y
+14 Industry Group Decision 3 6y
+23 Targeting HK Ibank - MBA program at tier 2 US school or tier 1 school in other region 8 6y
+23 Help! Cornell ILR vs Northwestern Econ 12 6y
+7 Chicago Boutiques for 2018 SA? 5 6y
0 Undergrad Poli Sci major and Econ minor trying to break into finance 0 6y
0 PE Co-investment vs Consulting 0 6y
0 Piper Jaffray (MN HQ) vs. Macquarie (LA - Consumer Gaming Leisure) vs Lincoln International (Chicago HQ) 0 6y
+19 Looking for Advice from Chicago IBankers/Finance Professionals 3 6y
0 Easy Coast LAC in Chicago 1 6y
+17 Is there money in investment banking at smaller banks? 5 6y
+22 Piper Jaffray vs BMO Capital Markets IB SA 8 6y
+12 Sophomore from Semi-Target with Corporate Development Internship over Summer 1 6y
+24 Not 21 This Summer - Advice? 23 6y
+3 Freshman Interested in Chicago 2 6y
+100 Non-Target Recruiting Guide Part I: Resume and Networking 11 6y
+18 Updates on GS Recruiting Policy 5 6y
+12 looking for perspective (career transition from military + MBA to finance) 1 6y
+24 Military Officer- Highest Real Compensation? 6 6y
+3 J.P. Morgan Sophomore Development Program 1 6y
+9 Phone Call With Head of a Firm (Asset Manager) 1 6y
+21 Corporate Development Internship. Now What? 16 6y
+9 How selective is JPM CCBSI? 3 6y
+17 Non-Tech SF Groups: Exit opps, prestige, general thoughts? 6 6y
+16 Non Target Investment Banking Chances 2 6y
+12 Technical Modelling Question on Debt Amortization 1 6y
+3 Stout IB Superday Results? 1 6y
+18 Imperial Capital (LA) vs Antares Capital Chicago 1 6y
+23 Undergrad econ VS business 6 6y
+14 Spring Internships in Minneapolis 3 6y
+12 Lateraling to IB - KPMG Deal Advisory vs. Deloitte M&A Transaction Services Advisory 1 6y
+25 MBA internship: Corp Dev or MM IB M&A (Non-NY/SF/Chicago) 2 6y
+21 Ziegler Corporate Finance - Chicago 12 6y
+4 Leveraged Lending at MM Commercial Bank 2 6y
+19 Will a mistake in my interview model ding my chance to receive superday invitation? 5 6y
+12 SA 2020 Recruiting Experience 1 6y
+12 Michigan LSA: How can I make the most out of the next 4 years? 1 6y
+8 What Ivy league/top 10 school is your investment bank? 7 6y
+15 Got an internship after first semester as freshman. Next Step? 12 6y
+12 Late Summer Inquiry!! 1 6y
+12 Transitioning to IB from Technology early in career 1 6y

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