Would be nice to have a thread of what people had in UG compared to where they are now to get a better sense of what is an average resume vs. great resume for IB recruiting.
School:
GPA:
Internships/Experience:
Where you ended up:
| +394 | Female bankers doing brand deals on TikTok (@emlywang) | 119 | 2h |
| +136 | UBS rolling out Enhanced Clean Desk Policy, bans deal toys | 16 | 1d |
| +76 | Starting FT in a city 3 hours away, dad has progressing Parkinson's. Looking for advice. | 6 | 1d |
| +67 | JULY 2026 CHICAGO BANK RANKINGS | 26 | 10h |
| +64 | Restructuring is paradise (a completely unbiased account) | 6 | 2d |
| +35 | Handling frustration | 5 | 2d |
| +35 | Not Treated Well by Other Interns | 20 | 15m |
| +29 | Taking days off as an intern | 13 | 27m |
| +28 | Thoughts on Intrepid - Houlihan Merger | 10 | 1d |
| +27 | Best books to read as a student/intern | 12 | 3d |
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Ivy League
3.3
62 chicks
EB
With the amount of posting you do on this site, you definitely did not bang 62 chicks
Or end up at an EB
Not to mention in order to study enough to get into an ivy from high school you have to basically be allergic to vagina and have no social life.
The Wharton School of Business
3.7
EB. 1 interview -> 1 offer
Lol F*ck you
Stats for your ass:
GPA: 2.9, state school (obvsly non target)
Smashes: 25-50 range
Failed classes / retakes: 2
Total Semesters: 9
Lifting / Basketball each week: 10 hrs
Partying each week: 20-30 hrs
Bank: MM IB
Enjoy your college days
Can you guys also add your gym stats
Weight: 168 --
Squat: 350 / Deadlift: 475 / Bench: 265
Cap 🧢
School: Top Ivy
GPA: 3.7+
Internships/Experience: various econ research gigs
Where you ended up: Econ Consulting
FWIW I never had any interest in banking, but I browse here for info on the more research/quant heavy finance roles and bc Im stuck at home bc of covid
Édit: I edited to get rid of some identifying info above.
Shortstop Avg .285 hitter 4 homeruns a year at a non-target mid major in the south... not a power guy but I miss it every day
School: Sweaty euro eng school
GPA: 3.5
Internships/Experience: exams in the summer, impossible to do summers
Where you ended up: depressed
Y'all aren't gonna believe me, but every word of this is true
GPA:
Cumulative GPA that rounded up to 3, but started with a 2 in STEM. "Target school" if such a thing exists in Canada (it does IMO, but this board says it doesn't).
Internships:
No relevant internships during undergrad. Applied to probably 50 STEM focused ones, got none. In 3rd year I was a fucking landscape laborer over the summer. I literally laid bricks and shoveled shit. Character building stuff. I meet a lot of people who would benefit from a few months of this type of work. I graduated without a proper job lined up, and spent every. single. day. for months on the phone/in coffee shops trying to fucking find one.
Found myself an "internship" in something called investment banking, and converted it for nearly 3 years spent at a completely unremarkable bank. Recruited aggressively in my 3rd year and turned down a few laterals before I somehow got a PE offer. Which leads to...
Where I ended up:
Now I'm on my 3rd year at MM PE ($10bn - $15bn). Up for promotion (or so I'm told, who knows) but am considering leaving PE. This industry sucked the life and health out of me. Going on 6 years and 25 lbs later I don't like what I've become. I see what's ahead of me at VP and Director and it ain't pretty. Shit gets worse.
Misc other facts:
Smoked a shitton of weed - still dabble (and invest) in it now. Failed multiple courses. Skipped so much class in 1st year. Graduated a virgin despite being attractive, a good athlete, and playing in a band at house parties (I had confidence issues). Partied an absolute fuckton. Hit rock bottom a few times and came back. Also had some of the best times of my life. My best semester was a 4.0/4.3 in 2nd semester of 4th year. Worst was 1.7 (academic probation is 1.6) in 1st semester of 1st year. Learned a lot about myself. Met my future wife and my best man.
I have dealt with crazy imposter syndrome ever since my first day at that unremarkable bank 6 years ago. When I first got to my current seat, in a sprawling office spread across the entire floor of a beautiful building in a new city where I knew no-one, surrounded by EB/BB alumni... it was surreal.
I have been tossed out of recruiting processes as recently as 6 months ago due to my GPA even though its not at all indicative of the type of person I am today. If I'm ever in the position to make hiring decisions I won't filter by GPA. I've worked with absolute brochure candidates who fucking sucked in banking and in PE. In my limited experience, people like me who you wouldn't have hired out of school can sometimes be quite interesting (or they can be exactly what they appear - complete duds).
If you need to brag about how many girls you fucked anonymously on wso... you probably don’t get any ass
I don't get this shit. You're litterally posting anon? Do you think someone is going to stalk through your anon account and find furry porn or something?
Says the guy posting in anon.....