+12 Roommate Search In Current Apt. (NYC) OFF 2 7mo
0 Have you ever been in a street fight? OFF 2 7mo
+6 Yale or Stanford for undergrad IB/PE BSCH 5 7mo
+19 Morgan Stanley HR is braindead OFF 7 7mo
0 How's Babson for Recruiting JOB 2 7mo
+12 Construction Project Engineer to Development - MSRE Path Question RE 2 7mo
+1 UBS NYC GROUP PLACEMENT IB 4 7mo
+6 NYC Neighbourhoods 2025 OFF 12 7mo
+10 2026 Moelis Industrials (NY Metals & Mining)? IB 6 7mo
+84 I Graduated With A 3.2 GPA And Became The 3rd Ever Wall Street Investment Banker From My School. Here’s My Story. IB 16 7mo
+3 MM Boston PE Names Intel PE 1 7mo
+5 Houlihan Lokey Capital Solutions NY IB 7 7mo
+13 Is going to Harvard + Oxford or going to Oxford + Cambridge greater? BSCH 36 7mo
+31 What did you spend your sign-on bonus on ? OFF 17 7mo
+17 MSF Advice IB 12 7mo
+10 Babson full tuition vs UNC vs Boston College vs UGA vs UMiami vs Emory vs IU ACE honors CO 16 7mo
+35 Coasting at MF, VP+ PE 5 7mo
+10 Entry grade level TC at a top VC, AM I CLUELESS??? VC 4 7mo
+6 Which School Would You Choose? BSCH 1 7mo
0 How to Find a Roomate in NYC? OFF 1 7mo
+217 Why does everyone shit on Houston/Dallas-What’s so special about NYC(genuinely curious). IB 114 7mo
+1 Tuxedo Recommendations FASH 2 7mo
0 How Will the Iran Ceasefire Affect the Restaurant M&A Space? INV 4 7mo
+23 Need SPICY opinions to help decide between Chicago Booth and CBS IB 11 7mo
+6 any advice for an international student in non-target schools ? JOB 1 7mo
0 What do they actually teach you? JOB 4 7mo
+16 Market Risk Management at GS INV 2 7mo
+16 What's wrong with NYU BSCH 7 7mo
+3 Citi Media & Telecom NYC 2026 IB 3 7mo
+17 Attend Wharton or reapply to HBS and GSB? BSCH 8 7mo
+12 Bloomberg Sales and Analytics Exit Opps JOB 2 7mo
0 Bain Associate Intern R1 Summer 2027??? CO 1 7mo
+13 From a College Senior: Deferred MBA Worth it? BSCH 4 7mo
+16 Fordham Finance vs UMich Econ IB 15 7mo
+53 Williams vs Amherst BSCH 43 7mo
0 Absolutely unheard of TC out of grad school, am I CLUELESS about the industry??? VC 1 7mo
+9 Kinda losted / HK / AI JOB 1 7mo
+9 Dominus Capital PE 10 7mo
+2 MIT MS, Cambridge MPhil, or Oxford MSc for name recognition and prestige? BSCH 13 7mo
+44 Should I go to Cambridge to maximize my pedigree? BSCH 28 7mo
+16 Need Help Deciding for Undergrad, D1 Athletics at Syracuse vs. SMU Vs. FSU Honors vs. Ole Miss Accounting IB 1 7mo
+24 Failed SA27 cycle and next steps IB 12 7mo
+12 Freshman at Non-Target - Importance of Freshman Summer Internship? JOB 2 7mo
+10 Re-recruit & US application FT & AI IB 3 7mo
0 Mckinsey NYC first round interview dates? IB 2 7mo
+6 IU (pre kelley) vs Penn State (smeal) IB 1 7mo
+106 Should I apply to Columbia or not? BSCH 69 7mo
+6 What Level of PE Recruitment Input is Necessary for an Incoming Analyst? IB 1 7mo
+19 Want to leave my Decacorn Strategy Job for VC, but Pay is Too Good Compared to VC? VC 9 7mo
+15 Sophomore struck out for IB, signed BofA S&T, how realistic is senior-year re-recruiting for NYC banking? TR 3 7mo
+3 How to reach out to HHs? IB 1 7mo
+105 Are Ear Piercings Appropriate for BB IBD Analysts?!! FASH 145 7mo
+23 Oxford for NYC? BSCH 7 7mo
+6 Is the lifestyle worth it? Incoming Analyst IB 6 7mo
+42 New to WSO (hs senior) BSCH 28 7mo
+38 RE Debt Originations RE 18 7mo
+213 Q&A - Tiger Cub Analyst HF 109 7mo
0 How good is Middlebury College IB placement for non-nepo, non athletes? IB 1 7mo
0 Take home SA Pay IB 2 7mo
+170 Why are Wharton kids so weird? OFF 45 7mo
+3 Columbia Business School for PE BSCH 3 7mo
+29 Moving a Month Early to NYC- crazy? OFF 9 7mo
0 Atlas NYC: Culture/Comp/Perks IB 0 7mo
+17 NYC IB Firms doing fall recruitment for 2026? IB 20 7mo
+35 Nordic Capital NYC - 2025 Thoughts? PE 29 7mo
0 Least Cooked UG for IB or later career pivot into ib JOB 2 7mo
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0 Least Cooked Undergrad Pathway JOB 1 7mo
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+11 ~3.6 GPA enough for BB/EB? IB 29 7mo
+6 Drug Test Policy for MM/LM Private Credit JOB 1 7mo
0 Lloyds SA 2027 JOB 1 7mo
+33 Is FP really not screwed? PE 23 7mo
+13 DC/DMV Real Estate RE 6 7mo
+15 How realistic is full-time IB recruiting senior year after sophomore summer outside IB? IB 5 7mo
+9 IB/Finance vs. Dental Specialist IB 2 7mo
+18 Deleted Deleted Deleted Deleted HF 13 7mo
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0 Lateral to Chicago from NY JOB 1 7mo
+5 Target School Rankings According to Claude BSCH 4 7mo
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0 Looking for Roommate - Boston September 1st Move-In (Flexible) OFF 1 7mo
+86 Applying R2 CBS or Wait Until R1 for H/W IB 20 7mo
+18 LDN PE to NYC PE through Booth? BSCH 2 7mo
+19 2nd Year Associate Looking to Lateral IB 2 7mo
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+9 Future of BITG Following Acquisition by US Bancorp IB 2 7mo
+2 Value of international MFPE PE 2 7mo
+13 Citi Software IB 22 7mo
+18 Should I transfer out? ( Fordham ) BSCH 12 7mo
+9 Wharton vs. Kellogg vs. MIT BSCH 5 7mo
+16 UT McCombs vs Middlebury College TR 20 7mo
+297 Rates Trading is Paradise TR 28 7mo
+3 DEL PE 1 7mo
+36 Flaming Out - What have Others Experienced? IB 8 7mo
+3 Apollo NY Perks CR 1 7mo
+9 Advice on moving into the city (NYC) OFF 7 7mo
0 Offer Received, How To Succeed? JOB 1 7mo
+12 Looking for Roommate - Chicago June 1st Move In (Flexible) OFF 2 7mo
0 Wells Fargo Corporate Banking? IB 1 7mo

Career Advancement Opportunities

November 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.5%
  • Moelis & Company 01 99.0%
  • JPMorgan 01 98.4%
  • Guggenheim Partners 02 97.9%
  • Morgan Stanley 06 97.4%

Overall Employee Satisfaction

November 2026 Investment Banking

  • Moelis & Company No 99.5%
  • Morgan Stanley 02 99.0%
  • Evercore 01 98.4%
  • Banco Santander 02 97.9%
  • BMO Capital Markets 13 97.4%

Professional Growth Opportunities

November 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.5%
  • Moelis & Company 01 99.0%
  • Morgan Stanley 05 98.4%
  • Goldman Sachs 01 97.9%
  • JPMorgan No 97.4%

Total Avg Compensation

November 2026 Investment Banking

  • Vice President (17) $409
  • Associates (58) $261
  • 3rd+ Year Analyst (8) $210
  • 2nd Year Analyst (29) $183
  • Intern/Summer Associate (16) $161
  • 1st Year Analyst (84) $151
  • Intern/Summer Analyst (77) $101