Goldman Sachs PWM SA Program?

Hey folks

Previously I interned at a Merrill Lynch PWM Branch as a PWM intern and it was strictly cold calling and not as structured as I thought it would be considering its Merrill Lynch, the poster boy of finance management. I am planning to apply for the Goldman Sachs PWM Summer Analyst Internship program and I was wondering for those of you that have heard or done the program itself what did the the job mainly consist of, did you actually get some portfolio analysis exposure or was it strictly cold calling?

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Ooh thats good. Do you happen to know about the Dallas office? Because I was already planning applying to the Dallas, Houston, and Los Angeles offices respectively

 
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