Got admitted to Bocconi, now what?
Hi all, I've recently been admitted to Bocconi's MSc in Accounting & Corporate Finance coming from an extremely non-target Finance UG. For context, I'm currently interning at a small regional bank and have some regular ECs. Also one brief Industrial internship, but that was some time ago. I'm gunning for a decent boutique IB/MBB.
My question is: how should I use this summer before I go to Milan? What would be feasible to target for this summer in terms of internships?
I'm planning on doing this summer:
1) Focusing on technicals
2) Mastering Excel and PPT
3) Keep networking hard as hell this summer for the next one.
I'm pretty new to this so would really appreciate ANY insight, especially for the Italian market. Thanks
Time to think about a) how to touch grass and b) where to transfer
Its a masters degree
Re. a): Touch grass and remain mediocre as this commentator or go hardcore and become a BX MD, there's no free meal
You can DM me, I attended the same master’s.
Be careful because that master is not the most solid one finance>finanza>afc. Just this
that definetely worries me but I'm aware of it
Trust me now that you are in take it easy and enjoy life a bit :) (hard work pays off)!!
Wish you were right lol. The competition this year was brutal. Stats that used to comfortably get you into finanza are now barely cutting it there
Doing all three of those will put you in a fantastic position ahead of the start date at the MSc. Bocconi is full of hardo's and you'll be judged quite quickly on any potential inabilities in these area's from your classmates which you don't want.
My advice would be to take some time outside of this to really enjoy your last summer. Once you start the MSc you will work as hard as a full time job without the pay, and that can be quite testing at times. Then you're straight into the job market.
Improving in the three area's you mentioned above is key but you absolutely have to go in refreshed and reset. Enjoy your MSc, beautiful college and country.
Thanks for the reply, I'd rather fit in wih the hardos than be avoided by them lol.
Can you go into a bit more detail about people in Bocconi being har-do's?
I'm starting my freshman year there in September but I've heard similar things
A hardo is somebody who's 24 hours revolves around the industry of investment banking. They'll only talk about table rankings, exit opps and different banks. They're the most boring and insufferable type of person on the planet given that a majority of them have never stepped foot in an office, but think they have more deal knowledge than Kim Posnett. They live for the "I'm pleased to announce I'm starting a new role as an Incoming Investment Banking Analyst at XYZ".
Congrats! Start to do some light network in the 1st year and after start heavy during summer. :) Best of luck
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