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I'm also very curious about getting some input regarding this topic seeing that I'm in a similar boat. Please & thank you.
You normally apply for FT 1st year analyst positions.
But isn't that hard to get UNLESS you were already a summer analyst who got a full time offer. If so, why would people bother doing a master's for such a risk. Is it not true that you cannot apply for a Summer Analyst position during senior year or master's?
Not everyone wants banking. You can get a ft offer without a SA. Plenty of reasons to do a masters. And while it is a risk if you want banking and don't have a FT offer upon UG graduation it is a risk many choose to take.
Ok I get your point, but is it possible to do a SA position even with a master's? If it's 1 year, it would be after senior year of undergrad, 2 years would be after 1st year.
I suppose you can try and apply for a SA position upon graduating, but why would you? You'd finish your summer and have basically 9 months off before the FT offer would be extended. BB banks have pretty regimented recruiting. I would simply focus on landing a FT position instead of worrying about summer analyst spots.
Either way you will be coming in as a 1st year analyst. The masters gives you another shot at recruiting, it doesn't make you a 2nd year analyst. Maybe at a small boutique, but not at a BB or MM firm.
I mean so you do your SA summer after senior year of undergrad then do the master's then after completing master's start FT. Like I said, I get your point I just wanted to know if it works for summer analyst positions as well (and can leverage into FT) b/c those are obviously easier to get than FT. Trying both never hurts of course.
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