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+15	Struggling to Network for Full-Time IB Recruiting	6	2w
+13	Best career to maximise cash earnings in the first 10-15 years?	13	2w
+2	GPA Dropoff Post SA Recruiting	4	2w
+8	Life Choices	5	2w
+9	Seeking Advice, International Student Recruiting Dilemma	4	2w
+20	Dream Job vs Dream Location	15	2w
0	Credit Analyst at Small Regional bank or Big 4 Audit	1	2w
+15	GPA Non-Target	6	2w
0	Advice Needed	1	2w

+7	Funniest Networking Stories	1	2w
0	Best cities to work in for private banking?	1	2w
0	Do banks ask for Official or Unofficial Transcripts during Background Checks?	5	2w
+10	Investor Relations Lateral Opportunities	1	2w
+6	Incoming college student worried about the future	4	2w
+207	Ideal College/Recruiting Timeline	40	2w
+1	Do recruiters for NY firms need to list salary?	1	2w
+26	What are my options?	13	2w
0	TAP Advisors SA 2025	2	2w
+2	Replying to rejection email	3	2w
+2	Suggest risky interview tips	2	2w
+21	questions from South Korea	5	2w
0	Should I disclose layoff or frame it as lateral recruiting?	2	2w
+13	Plz help - losing motivation before SA internship	5	2w
+8	Summer 2025 Sophomore Summer Analyst	11	2w

0	Corporate banking?	0	2w
+8	Interning for no money??	5	2w
+4	3.75 GPA with 2 Internships	3	2w
+6	Those who lost the H1B lottery and only had 1 chance left, what did you do to during the year in between?	3	2w
+17	IB junior recruiting advice - American firms	7	2w
+8	UBS SF vs GHL SF	5	2w
0	How do you expect recruiting to change with the growth of specialized masters programs in the US	1	3w
+9	Looking for Guidance in Breaking into Banking	1	3w
+9	How much money will I earn in the best case?	1	3w
+1	How Specific Do You Have To Be To Headhunters?	7	3w
+9	Lev Lending Role - would you take this role given my situation and hestiations?	2	3w
+16	Stop Wasting Time Submitting 100’s of Applications to Your College’s Internship Portal. Here Are 5 Reasons Finding An Upperclassmen Mentor Will Cut Your Internship Search Time In Half	3	3w
0	Lateraling back	1	3w
+10	Networking Internally at a BB? Cold Email or LI Message?	2	3w
0	Walls Fargo corporate banking	2	3w
+19	Want to break into IB in 30’s with a shite history, excuse my language	12	3w
+20	Does (verbally accepting an offer) count as reneging?	22	3w
0	Is it worth networking?	2	3w
0	Transferred from CC to USC, am I out of time?	3	3w
+14	Confused Non Target Looking for Direction	2	3w
0	del	3	3w
0	JW Michaels & Co - Legit Recruiter?	0	3w
+3	Personal Vs Professional Life Dilemma, What would y'all do?	1	3w
+19	NYC Consumer PE/Growth Funds with decent comp but amazing WLB?	7	3w
+5	RBC vs Citi?	8	3w
+12	Finance career in Emerging Markets	11	3w
+26	When do you know it's time to go?	4	3w
0	Wells Fargo IB Charlotte vs Santander IB NYC	2	3w
+3	Putting Insght events as Experience	9	3w
0	Any HF opportunities in Orange County?	2	3w
+24	Low GPA at a Target - How screwed am I?	20	3w
+7	Best path to make world changing money (I.e. billions)?	5	3w
+9	Career advice: Transitioning from LatAm Early Stage VC to US LMM PE?	3	3w
+6	Rejected after MD referral: is this normal? S&T	4	3w
0	When to start networking and how to get in diversity programs???	1	3w
+6	Is Acturial Science good to break into Investment Banking In Wall Street? What other industries can I enter after it?	5	3w
+6	Transitioning from PwC M&A to Investment Banking: Is it a Smart Career Move?"	3	3w
+3	How to be #1 as a Private Client Banker at JP Morgan Chase	2	3w
+12	2 Search fund internship or 1 and nothing - hoping to pursue IB	1	3w
+11	interview follow up typo	10	3w
+14	How much rejection is normal in the lateral process?	17	3w
0	Thoughts? - recruiting	1	3w
+10	Should I try for IB career?	3	3w
+9	What chance do I have?	1	3w
+13	(UK) Too late to pursue finance and make it? 19 years old, not a lot of momentum in life.	7	3w
0	I NEED HELP	3	3w
0	From REPE to HF?	3	3w
+17	Most Prestigious/Safest/Gentrified/Old Money Neighborhoods in NYC For Summer Internship?	14	3w
+84	2024 SA - Visa Sponsorship - US Investment Banking	76	3w
+9	Advice on Connecting with Analysts/Associates Before Starting IB Internship	1	3w
0	Going into Corp Dev	1	3w
+10	Want to get a proper shot at big firms. Any tips?	4	3w
0	Anyone else been let go/went without an offer from university?	1	3w
0	Cold emailing an MD, he replied a day later, but it was nothing in the reply.	2	3w
+1	Non target recruiting banoaza	1	3w
+3	Breaking into IB from Washu?	9	3w
+19	Breaking in Tips	7	4w
+9	Am I cooked for Summer 2025?	1	4w
+9	Am I cooked? 2024 FT	9	4w
+6	Exit Opps for Corporate Finance @ Asset Manager	1	4w
+10	Sophomore Summer: BB in HK or Boutique in the US	3	4w
+12	Fired for blowing the whistle internally at a large public pension 2.5 years ago	2	4w
+13	Need advice	2	4w
+2	You just quit your job...You are off on your own...What are the first couple things you do?	2	4w
+29	Is there a point to networking if you have (nepo)?	9	4w
+6	Internship path advice?	2	4w
0	How much Weight Does a Global Group Head Referral Have in Interview Process	1	4w
+6	Is it possible to pivot to IB senior year of college?	5	1mo
+9	What am I doing wrong?	8	1mo
+12	Networking/ Cold-Call Emails to break into IB	2	1mo
+6	Best way to get my name out there?	3	1mo
+6	Astronaut to MF pivot?	2	1mo
+7	OPT	4	1mo
+15	Seeking Advice - PWM to IB/S&T	6	1mo
0	MUFG reviews	1	1mo
+9	Is it over for me?	6	1mo

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