SF PE On-Cycle

Curious about the SF PE landscape and hoping to get some tips for on-cycle. What are some solid UMMs and how do they compare to MFs? Can you recruit SF easily if your at an LA EB? Any insight would be greatly appreciated.

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My recommendation is be prepared to interview before you hit the desk, you can recruit for SF UMM easily from a BB/EB but they will still fly out to NY for the majority of their recruiting so you need to have a targeted list of shops that you mention to HHs that recruit in SF.

 

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