Aspiring Gekko

Bonjour monkeys,
I've been reading wso for a while now and didn't have a chance to post yet. I'm a freshman at a french undergrad bschool looking forward to breaking into S&T and maybe one day become one of Goldman's Big Swinging Dicks, who knows... (I'd be a good replacement of my fellow compatriot Fabulous Fab ! )
I feel like I passed the first stage of the process since I just landed an internship at one of the two well-known NYC-based stock exchanges this summer.

  • I applied there because it looked genuinely interesting but i'm not even sure what i will learn there will be applicable in S&T ? Although I guess the grunt work is the same shit everywhere ?
  • Is it a good alternative to the usual frosh/ sophomore PWM internship ?
  • What's the next move ? Should I begin networking my ass off to get a MM/ Boutique gig next summer ?
  • If yes, would the internship at the stock exchange be sufficient to get a top Boutique like Lazard or Rothschild internship next year as a sophomore ? (GPA somewhere around 3.5, strong extracurriculars but my school is totally unknown by US recruiters)
  • What kind of sophomore internship leads to summer BB S&T SA ? Already searched for this but couldn't find a clear answer
  • Should I search for an apartment in FiDi for this summer ? I heard most of the street interns lived in Murray Hill. All the single bedrooms at NYU and Parsons are already sold out
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Don't forget to wear your finest contrast collared shirt and suspenders on your first day of work. It's important to let everyone know that you're the next big swinging dick.

 

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