UCLA Shout Out

To all my fellow bruins out there, just want to start thread for all those potential or current bankers who spent their college days in Westwood. I especially want to use this thread for all those Juniors and Seniors shooting for 2012 SA or FT slots this upcoming recruiting season.

So go ahead, post your story on here, so we can do some old fashioned online true bruin networking.

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surprisingly UCLA does no have a strong network. Have a few buddies there and have repeatedly got this complaint from them. They will be glad when I tell them about this.

Good luck

 

UCLA student here also, Math/Economics major. Looking to get into S&T.

Don't want to get too personal, but I think I may have introduced myself to you at orientation. Your work experience sounds very similar.

 

I'm a rising junior working at a boutique right now.

I'm not sure how effective it will be networking on here. From what I've heard almost all the good networking comes from the Investment Banking Workshop.

 

UCLA network sucks. I've gotten more out of my LSE degree networking with LSE alumni within this year than networking the past 4 years with UCLA alumni after graduating.

 

Making a group would do far more for you than an open thread. Just my $.02.

I am permanently behind on PMs, it's not personal.
 

HELLO FELLOW BRUINS!!

I'm a rising senior. just recently got into finance, so i'm still pretty new at all this. probably going to recruit for SA 2012.

Are you excited to start school??? noooooooooooooooo T___T

 
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3rd year econ student. Interning at a small PE shop right now in century city, before that I interned at a small PWM shop in k-town. Looking to get a school year internship at a boutique and use that to possibly leverage my way into a SA at a BB. Bruin network is pretty weak--I read in other threads it's cause of the sheer diversity of goals at UCLA. I've been really trying to reach out to boutiques and even MM banks to try to find some internship opportunity during Fall but I haven't really been successful yet. A lot of MDs and VPs will reciprocate my calls but for informational interviews not for internship possibilities. Those of you who interned at a boutique--did you go through bruinview or network on your own?

 

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