Now that Oncycle is almost over we can prob now draw a conclusion on real group ranking now. Which groups were good enough that non-target or semi-target kids were able to get into processes with HHs
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On-cycle is not almost over for the incoming class, it just started. As for my class: the one that started last year, almost every group at any BB/EB will get outreach of some kind. For the MFs, it's typically the people at the top banks + a select few from the other EB's and BBs (yes kids from DB even get MF interviews and in HH processes but the best of the top groups, but much lower numbers than the aforementioned top BB/EBs). As you get lower demand levels among analysts, naturally more and more people get looks. For off-cycle people can also place through connections, past experiences, MD's batting for them, networking, etc. and a vast variety of reasons outside standard HH calls
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