out of curiosity, how many people here:
1. know what an investment banker/trader is
2. have interviewed for invesment banking/trading jobs
3. have worked at an investment bank
4. are in any of the colleges theyre babbling about
5. and to sum it all up, do any of you know what banking, trading, consulting entail? getting an analyst position after the college isnt the end but the begining. there are no such thing as co-op programs, theyre called summer analyst jobs and you interview for them as hard as you would a full-time job. the list of target schools are set and there is no reason for morgan stanley to recruit bums from bumpkin U. There are smart hardworking kids at all of the schools youre talking about and just as many idiots that will get turned away when they dont pass through the 3-5 stages of interviews for summer internships and full time jobs. go to vault.com to get a better idea. also, VISIT THE HOMEPAGES OF ALL THE INVESTMENT BANKS.
www.gs.com www.morganstanley.com www.bankofamerica.com/career www.jpmorgan.com
and so on...
many kids realize they dont have what it takes to be an
investment banker cuz you need to work 100 hours a week
trader cuz you have to be smart and work 60 hours a week
consultant cuz you have to be like a banker, smart like a trader and travel constantly.
3 criteria youre judged on for interviews
Intelligence
Ambition
Personality
this isnt bull im makin up to defend my ego or just feel smart, its just the status quo, and wall st works on the status quo.