Can I still break into West Coast IB as a rising junior right now?
I'm a rising junior at a West Coast target with a 3.9x/4.00. I was pretty distracted during my second semester sophomore year and as a result, I pretty much did no recruiting or networking. I'm interning at a small private equity firm this summer and I have a remote boutique IB internship offer that I received for this coming fall.
My question is if it's too late for me to get a 2024 Summer Analyst position. Can anyone direct me to a list of firms that are still recruiting or junior year internships that I can leverage to get a full-time banking job out of undergrad? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
You totally can - start networking now with the firms you want and vigilantly check your OCR portal. Also focus on reaching out to alum from your school. You should be able to land interviews at the minimum with that profile
Thanks for the encouragement. I'm still not completely sold on banking and I feel like I would only commit to it if I got an offer from a BB, an EB, or a known MM like Jeffries or BofA. I don't know if this is aiming too high given that I'm only going to be starting networking in June. I guess my main concern is that from what I've read, most of the top banks have pretty much locked up their SA classes so I don't know which banks are still worth it to target. Any insight on this would be great.
Lmao BofA is not a MM
Going to be next to impossible to land something with if you're only interested in top brands and just starting networking. You would be looking at mostly regional banks and smaller boutiques. Maybe extend graduation one semester to December and start networking in the fall for SA 2025.
Not to be rude but I kind of don't get the "I only want X banks" ... okay, are you just going to switch career paths then? You can lateral up once you have some FT experience, but there are plenty of people who check every box + network for a year and still only land a random smaller MM/boutique.
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