Is my background solid for SA 2020?

What is my background lacking?

Education: Target university: GPA 3.6 High school: President of the high school

Work experience: PE advisory firm in London (summer analyst june july 2019) Drafted presentation and conducted industry researches Involved in deal-sourcing, due diligence, financial modelling and analysis

Financial advisory company (compliance advisor march 19 to present) Certified that company policies followed new European regulation, Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID II) Reviewed company procedures in rating clients and financial instruments

Asset management, investment company (intern nov 2018 feb 2019) Supported the team by developing model portfolio for the investors according to their level of risk and their level of knowledge Contributed to report clients monthly about the status of their portfolio and the strategies adopted Registered and rated new financial instruments used by the company using Bloomberg and algorithms

Technical Skills: Solid experience in Excel, Word, PowerPoint; use of Python, R, Radiant and Bloomberg Activities: Built an online community that reaches 500k/1mln people weekly; played soccer at competitive levels for 8 years Interests: Soccer, Politics, Cinema

Should I move High School president in a new box "leadership experience"?

Should I quantify the deals I was involved in?

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heisenbergBB, way too quiet in here. What about these resources:

  • SA and Full Time Recruiting 2020 thread is that those pursuing SA '20 need to be ready for their interviews by the end of next month. ... Wanted to better organize the 2020 recruiting here instead of my previous post. @AndyLouis Current ... 2020 SA Info: champagnepaki: Not really. Sure the WSJ article from this past Fall brought awareness and ...
  • Extending Graduation to Recruit for 2020 SA Cycle, or do 2020 FT Recruiting? graduation date. If I get a summer analyst offer, I will graduate in December 2020 and take six months off ... doing this? My other option would be to graduate on time in 5/2020, and try to recruit for FT in IB. The ... in IB. Has anyone successfully gone from a corporate/commercial banking SA to IB for FT? My stats ...
  • Missed SA 2019 recruiting- delay graduation for SA 2020? / EB SA 2020 positions over this spring and summer with a December 2020 graduation date. Explain that ... SA 2020 position, delay graduation to December 2020 and vacation for spring semester before starting ... my internship in June. If I can't secure one, graduate in May 2020 and look for FT opportuniti
  • Corporate Development: My Experiences and Background internships at other BBs prior to my full time role. I started my analyst position in Summer 2007. By Summer ... Dev career. After a couple years of experience under my belt, I grass-is-greener'd it to a larger ... company is to provide financing for all of the various acquisitions, development projects, and corporate ...
  • MSF Profile Evaluation: Class of 2020 I am planning to apply for MSF programs (Summer/Fall 2019 intake). Background: * International (f-1 ... 'cause international and no STEM background) * Currently interning at a small boutique IB on my work ... Equity Cap. Market/ S&T desk for Fortune 500 Company during my senior year (no return offer ...
  • Urgent: Advice Needed on SA 2020 FSG BB Offer vs. Top-Tier Tech Recruiting Hi everyone, I currently attend a West Coast target school and recently received an SA 2020 offer ... how feasible it is with an FSG background; people have told me that TMT coverage would be better ... suited for placing into top VC funds. Personally, having interned in tech and VC before, I believe I have ...
  • Is it worth applying to SA 2020? I'm interning for my city in their "Finance" department, but it's more accounting and ... a good story for interviews, etc. So is it a waste of time, or should I just apply so I can go through ... even started networking or learning technicals yet. I also lack relevant internships, this summer ...
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