Looking to learn the ropes

Hey everyone,
I'm a rising junior at a semi target school with a decent gpa (3.7) double majoring in Finance and Accounting. I've been a long time lackadaisical lurker of these forums, and really only read a couple of posts that caught my eye. I'm hoping to delve into the community with a lot more enthusiasm and learn as much as I can while I am starting my journey towards wall street.

Right now my interests vary greatly. I'm part of an equities club which manages a couple portfolios using bottom up fundamental analysis and technical indicators to select stocks to invest in. I've created several in depth stock reports that helped contribute to the overall profitability of this club's actions. I also am a member of the mergers and acquisitions club, which aims to teach us more about this field. I find M&A very interesting but am admittedly unrefined in this field and was hoping to learn more here.

Career wise I would love to do ibanking if I can somehow find a way to break in. I feel that I am at a small disadvantage being from a semi-target and having no internship up to this point (I took classes this summer instead). Hopefully you guys can teach me some things to help even the playing field with the more traditional ibanking prospects.

Thanks for reading my post, feel free to reply or send me a pm if you wanna chat.

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