What should I spend my break doing?

I'm a non-finance major in my sophomore year and I'm just wondering if I should jump straight into modeling or learn accounting first. What do you guys think? I want to do something that will help me out the most for applying to IBD SA positions next school year.

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Also, in my experience I have gotten more straight accounting questions in ibd interviews than modeling questions. That may also be because I am studying finance and accounting and they want to make sure I'm awake in class.

 

Not sure what your break schedule is like, but you can hit the networking hard starting first week in January if you are worried about people being on vacation. Also, if you already know the people, then definitely they will be happy to catch up. If they are away on vacation they will tell you/you can always send a follow up communication a week later.

 

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