Intro - Canadian HS Student
Hello everyone, I'm currently an HS student in Canada hoping to get into one of the two Canadian targets and from there trying to get into IB. Perhaps I'm a little overly enthusiastic, but I would rather be early than late. I interestingly discovered this forum through the resume template, which I saw on Reddit and since then, I've lurked through a few posts and watched some of the available free course content. Obviously, I have a ton of questions I thought this would be a good place for, so here goes.
Fellow Canadians, any tips on breaking into the US? Any specific things I should do or aim for in order to increase my odds in "making it"?
As a HS senior, is there anything that I can do this summer to boost my resume and perhaps get a leg up on everyone else?
As I get into university this September, any advice outside of the usual GPA, join clubs, coffee chat everyone etc?
Any regrets/advice you would give to your HS self?
Thanks everyone in advance, glad to be here.
Depending on which school you get into you can spam searchfunds. They love unpaid labour. Also start prepping corporate finance so you can get into the top finance clubs. Take a shot in doing a stock pitch.
Realistically none of this shit matters just have fun in your last free summer. The benefit is very marginal especially if you get into Ivey/Queens.
Thanks for the advice!
Tip of advice - do NOT coffee chat everyone in your first year, especially before your summer before first year. Networking is important but you need to accept the fact that 1) you probably don't know how to network yet and 2) even if you have a really good coffee chat most brand name firms in Canada (including the EBs/BBs) don't hire students for internships after their first year.
Start by going for "safe" coffee chats. i.e., people who won't burn you / potentially blacklist you if you have a bad coffee chat. Upper year students and recent alumni are the best place to start, this is a great way to learn how to network without having to worry about it reflecting poorly on you down the line. Also as a first year student, when networking / doing coffee chats with upper years and alumni it's perfectly okay to ask for feedback at the end of the coffee chat so they can give you some tips on networking.
Due to covid social skills have never been more important when it comes to recruiting. The amount of students who 1) don't know how to interact with another human and 2) think networking makes them entitled to a job is absolutely appalling. If I can give any piece of advice it's learn how to network and socialize in a professional manner, don't be afraid to ask for feedback after networking especially as a first year.
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