Need help/Roast my resume (Extremely Stressed)

Hello all,

I'm a sophomore at a non HYPW ivy going through recruiting right now and just feel generally like shit. Please tell me how likely it is that i'll break in. I've had almost 30 calls so far, and some refer me up but some just say "Let me think and I'll get back to you" when i ask if there's anyone else I should talk to. I've sent probably 250 emails so far so my response rate has been pretty bad considering a lot of the calls are warm intros or referrals. I customize emails too.

I have a 3.92, (hopefully) relevant finance experience, and am at an Ivy so I guess I'm just trying to see how difficult it would be for me to land something BB/EB if i know my technicals cold and hopefully end up with like 70ish calls even if the calls themselves might not be "the best" (still pretty good i think, usually ~30 mins) . I still have ~400 ppl on my sheet (alums, other common things) left to email and if i space it out 100 a week i'll run out of people by end of Jan.

I guess i'm trying to ask if i do all the right things how likely is it that I'll get something good even tho I'm Not diverse or Nepo, and maybe not the most smart or cracked person out there. Pls chance me/roast my resume/give me advice because I'm getting a little depressed every time someone tells me they got a call w an MD who is giving them an auto superday or their dad is the Global head of M&A or something. I just want to break in somewhere good.

3 Comments
 
  1. get rid of ur high school
  2. just "co-founder"
  3. Jan. instead of janurary sep. instead of september
  4. be more concise with ur bullets, got bored reaidng very quick
 

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