When am I supposed to know my technicals?

Just as a background, I'm at a CC in the south and I'm gonna transfer obviously.

When it comes down to applying for internships and such, my first few years at CC are obviously getting gen eds out of the way. I have no idea what people at targets are studying. For example, I'm not gonna be learning DCF or WACC in any of my classes here, and I don't know really when I'm supposed to know those. Do I have to just get caught up on my own or do I just take classes at my school when I transfer that's gonna teach me all that?

Transferring for Econ btw, presumably at least, considering how hard transferring into top business schools is.

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Get the WSO guide (or any other technical guide). Learn it. Preferably all the way through the advanced section, but at least the intermediate section. Memorize the answers but also try and understand the concepts from a high level. Get someone to test you out loud. Get good at walking through your resume.

That should get you to most IBD Superdays, as long as you meet the academic/experience criteria.

Econ won't teach you the technicals. In terms of school, get as high of a GPA as possible.

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