Will I Be the Dumbest RX SA? (Non-Econ/Business Major Need Advice)

hey guys, long time no see. i'm currently a junior studying non-econ/business STEM major at a decent-ish target school going into RX banking next summer in NYC. after hearing some horror stories, i'm a bit scared that i won't bag a return offer next summer as i signed early on this year and haven't really touched deep finance/accounting/RX knowledge since then cuz i worked somewhere chill this summer. i can't even remember what UFCF formula is nor the various LMEs that i studied up on....(yikes) and reading pari passu with great mental strain. i stalked on linkedin and everyone im interning with next summer basically goes to an undergrad business school or is studying economics and im afraid i will be the most incompetent and dumbest one there. can someone tell me what summer analysts in rx banking are even expected to do? what you are judged on? and what i should do to stay sharp? i'm literally gonna be booling abroad next semester but i need to stay locked. thanks.

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at a target, all our kids who are going into rx are the kids grinding pitch comps perptually. lock in on not just finance/accounting knowledge but also practice on excel, it cant hurt to be well prepared

 

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