What’s the path to landing an MF offer straight out of UG in the pure PE division? Im a sophomore at Stanford interested in it, and know it’s quite the obstacle course, but don’t even know what the course looks like. Imagining a marathon through WW2 Europe. Wondering how those offers are even landed
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Best may be to start trying to network with people at those companies. Good luck and best wishes :)
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