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+1,060
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Never, ever, ever, give up.
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From Homeless to Front Office
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+454
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How I turned tragedy into triumph
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7y |
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+397
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Non-target --> FT Off-Cycle IBD Analyst
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6y |
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+373
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What investment banking is in simple words and my story
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3y |
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+324
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My journey from no-name boutique to PE MF
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3y |
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+307
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Never Give Up - A guide to success even if you're dumb
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3y |
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+280
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Off The Beaten Path: Commercial Banking to Private Equity (The Non-Traditional Route)
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2y |
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+261
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How I got into Banking
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6y |
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+260
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From College Drop Out to Corporate Banking
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6y |
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+250
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How I went from 10 rejections to one dream internship this year.
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5y |
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+249
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Stay positive
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3y |
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+246
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Some more truth about BB Ops and how I got out
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3y |
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+240
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From <2 GPA, to Bulge Bracket and Hedge Fund
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3y |
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+237
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Non-Target to Bain/BCG Intern
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3y |
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+234
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FINALLY LANDED A FUCKING OFFERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
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2y |
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+222
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From 100 Plus Rejections, To Accepting A Great Offer
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1y |
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+221
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THANK YOU WSO
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10mo |
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+215
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Fake Frank Quattrone (IB PE) Q&A
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8y |
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+207
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Don't. Stop. Hustlin'.
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3y |
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+206
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A Story of Breaking out of BO/MO Hell
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6y |
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+205
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Praying for Lily
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11y |
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+204
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If You Want to Learn How to Get a Job on the Street, Read my Story
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6y |
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+201
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UG PE Analyst - 2.9 GPA, no internship, non-target
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6y |
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+193
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Football, Potential Felon, Non Target ---> S&T Offer
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3y |
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+192
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A Story of Persistence: If I Can Make It, You Can Too
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2y |
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+190
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The Road Less Traveled
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6y |
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+179
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just wanted to say something
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6y |
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+167
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Quit the Rat Race and Attempting a Comeback, Here's my Advice
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6y |
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+164
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Why do people celebrate mediocrity?
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4y |
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+160
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The Unconventional path to IB/PE (Q&A)
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5y |
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+153
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If you're late to the IB game, don't give up!
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3y |
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+149
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The Non-Target Who Didn't Take No For An Answer
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6y |
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+146
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How finance saved and gave me a life
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6y |
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+143
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Sincere thank you to the WSO Community
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3y |
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+138
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MBB wannabe to FAANG Software Engineer
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5y |
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+135
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Non-Target, 3.0 < GPA, non-finance major, to ER
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8y |
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+135
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Q&A: From a Semi-Target Lower GPA to a Hedge Fund and Bulge Bracket
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2y |
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+132
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Can a Non Target land a IB SA? With hard work and persistence it definitely is
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8y |
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+131
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Finally an offer! A story of persistence
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6y |
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+128
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1st Big Boy Paycheck - Keep your heads up!
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4y |
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+128
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My Story: Extreme non-target to top BB
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6y |
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+126
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I DID IT!!!
|
6y |
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+121
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Non-Target, Sub 3.5 GPA. FT BB IBD
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5y |
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+119
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Use Thanksgiving to Set 2017 Goals
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6y |
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+112
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The Price of Success: Friends
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13y |
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+110
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For Those of You Unable to Secure Investment Banking Internships - Keep Your Head Up
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6y |
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+110
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Non-Target Freshman to Hedge Fund Internship
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6y |
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+108
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Finally cut it
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6y |
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+106
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3 Tips for Non-Targets
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10y |
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+105
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Goodbye JC100021, Hello Military_MBA_Banker
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3y |
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+104
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Thankful for WSO
|
4y |
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+103
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Q&A - IB Coverage / M&A From Non-Target School to Tier 1 Bulge Bracket and M&A Boutique
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10y |
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+102
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What I Learned From Both Getting Dream Job And Then Dumped In One Day
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3y |
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+102
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UK Non-Target to FT Analyst at Top Tier M&A Firm
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3y |
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+101
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Bumps along the way, but finally moving in the right direction...
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6y |
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+97
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How to Pass the Series 7 Exam
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7y |
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+96
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From Depression to Community College to Target School & Beyond
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5y |
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+93
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Non Target, Breaking into Investment Banking
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6y |
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+92
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Finally broke in!
|
1y |
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+91
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2025 SA Offer Accepted: A Place to Brag
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2y |
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+90
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From Hedge Fund to Corp Fin to M&A
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10y |
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+89
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I did it.
|
3y |
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+89
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Time to hang it up...
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3y |
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+81
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The best informational interview one could ask for!
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12y |
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+80
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Q&A: Non-Target 2014 grad with 2 off-cycle BB offers (ER & DCM)
|
11y |
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+80
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Non-target -> 3 Superday Rejections -> Dream FT AM Offer
|
6y |
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+79
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After all the hardwork, it paid off
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10y |
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+79
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Q&A: Big Four to BB IB
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11y |
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+77
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Happiness Success Stories
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2y |
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+76
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Made it to a Bulge Bracket Bank
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6y |
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+73
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My Story (A Thank You Card to Patrick and the Team)
|
6y |
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+72
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No BB FT Offer to Buyside Research Associate
|
7y |
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+71
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How Has WSO Affected Your Life?
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13y |
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+71
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Non target => WSO Intern => Major US Bank
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12y |
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+70
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11y |
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+69
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Extreme Non-Target to NYC HF
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5y |
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+68
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Jump from research to banking, after bleeding during interview
|
6y |
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+68
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From No-Name College to Buy-Side Out of Undergrad
|
6y |
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+66
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Graduating Today
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6y |
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+64
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If you had rich parents, would that change your career plans?
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11y |
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+63
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Double Break-In: Thanks WSO!
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3y |
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+63
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Thank you WSO!!
|
6y |
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+61
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Q&A: Mid-career professional to top-bucket VP @ BB BO, thanks WSO!
|
7y |
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+60
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From almost getting expelled in HS to IB FT.
|
6y |
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+59
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A big fat thank-you!!!!
|
4y |
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+59
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Consulting Full Time Offer After 1 Year of Searching
|
6y |
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+59
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Non-Targeted Southern School with No Connections, 2016 Capital Markets Analyst
|
6y |
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+57
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Non-target to BB M&A - Thank you!
|
11y |
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+56
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Against All Odds
|
15y |
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+56
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Part 2- Finally Got It - Top MM Offer- Thank You WSO
|
6y |
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+56
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THANK YOU EVERYONE!
|
1y |
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+55
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Thanks WSO / My Story
|
6y |
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+53
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PE cracked - Networked my way in via Facebook!
|
9y |
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+52
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Nontarget-> BB IBD
|
4y |
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+51
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Thank you WSO! Got my FT Offer! ADVICE NEEDED
|
6y |
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+50
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Thank You - BROKE IN!
|
3y |
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+50
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Full Time Offer, at last! Thanks WSO!
|
6y |
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+50
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Used B-School to Move From Back Office to IBD Associate at 25
|
5y |
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+50
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Story of sub 2.5 gpa breaking into MC
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3y |
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