Learning Materials for Non-Business Schoolers

Let me start by saying I apologize if this topic has been addressed elsewhere on these forums. I used the search function and didn't find anything that seemed to answer my questions. Also apologize if this is in the wrong forum: I was between this one and the B-school one, and since my question centers on not being from a B-school, I think this one made more sense.

I'm a freshman in the Georgetown School of Foreign Service planning on majoring in International Economics, but I'm very interested in entering a career in finance, Sales and Trading in particular. Unfortunately, Georgetown's business school disallows undergraduates from other schools taking courses there under most conditions (waiting till junior year to start, getting into the core of finance classes too late to flex the knowledge for SA interviews).

My exposure to professionals thus far has mainly been to people from CS's IBD and S&T and they've all told me to focus on the three ways of valuing a company (DCF, public comps, and Transaction Comps) and doing EBITDAs. I realize I could simply buy used textbooks from some core finance and valuation courses to answer most technical questions that would be asked of me, but I thought I might be able to find some pro-tips on WSO to maximize the utility of my self-education. I was looking for a comprehensive, inexpensive and accessible source for information on how to implement these technical skills, and the latter two qualities are often hard to find in textbooks.

Thank you for any help you can offer.

P.S.: As side note, I've heard conflicting things about Georgetown being a target/quasi-target/non-target school from different sources. Credit Suisse seems to be in the midst of a love affair with us, but my experience in recruiting is relatively non-existent at this point. Perceptions may have changed so I was wondering if any recently recruited analysts or people involved in the recruiting process could share their recent experiences relating to the representation of Georgetown, and specifically kids from the SFS.

 

I'm not from Georgetown, but I can say that Credit Suisse is not the only bank they're having a love affair with. My BB intern class had more representation from Georgetown than anyone else. That was 2 years ago though, so things could be different.

 

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