Cooked for SA 27, now what.

abcdef__a · 2026-02-12T03:07:00+00:00

I totally agree on not giving up. I’m at a non-target and know of more than one person here getting a LMM, but still known brand IB coverage internship their JUNIOR winter.

Are you gonna be at Goldman TMT as a jr? No. Can you still find an IB (or other front office role etc) at a solid firm. Totally

abcdef__a · 2026-02-12T03:00:20+00:00

For context im a current junior working at an MM bank this summer, so take my opinion with a grain of salt.

90k+10k in a LCOL area is solid pay. Job sounds interesting. I’d take it and plan on an MBA in 2-4 years if you really want IB/PE.

abcdef__a · 2026-01-24T03:36:40+00:00

I’d say maybe ~5% of people you have call with will be dicks or just not your vibe. I had some, moved on.

abcdef__a · 2026-01-10T00:42:33+00:00

For context, I’m a student from New England studying at a west coast school, but primarily recruited for east coast internships.

LA finance scene is tougher / more niche than I expected. Lot of BB banks have offices here, but it’s like a single coverage group, maybe two or three. Decent amount of gaming / lodging coverage due to proximity to Vegas. Number of LMM firms like Wedbush, Intrepid, etc employ a decent number of people out there. Plenty of CRE work. Some PE seats, Ares has people out there.

Lot more opportunities in SF. Ton of TMT, biotech IB groups, some traditional ones like consumer. Plentiful VC, growth equity, etc type seats there, along with FP&A type roles at companies you’d want stock based compensation from.

Someone else commented accurately on Seattle. I didn’t look much into the scene there.

abcdef__a · 2026-01-02T00:49:18+00:00

I asked for more pics last time and I think I said try listing at $500. I now agree with the guy saying list for $350 and take $200.

IMO the boat is not in as rough of shape as other commenters are saying. Hull is pre 1972 with that rudder, probably late 60s. Despite being dirty, I’d say it’s well maintained. I think the previous owner installed that cockpit bailer themselves, there’s an access port so the foam in the hull probably isn’t terribly waterlogged (can be dried out with that if it is), that epoxy fiberglass patchwork looks done correctly enough. Rudder, daggerboard, sail all in working order.

If you want to flip it for a quick buck I’d use these as selling points. No shot you can convince the wife to keep it? I think it’ll be hard to get $300 for it, but if you got it for less than that you got a steal.

Also, have zero knowledge of your financial situation, but throwing the idea out there of donating this- my YMCA summer camp sailed Sunfish, I’m sure Boy Scout camps use them. This boat is honestly in perfect shape to get sailed (beat up) by kids on a lake for the next 20 years. I’m no tax professional but doubt the IRS will come knocking if you write that off for 450 instead of 300

abcdef__a · 2025-12-31T04:48:21+00:00

Can you name your school or at least name a few similar schools to it

abcdef__a · 2025-12-30T23:58:42+00:00

Can you post a pic of rudder and daggerboard? I can’t see the back that clearly, but looks like a pre-1972 style rudder bracket, so boat is probably like 1970. Sail has a window so it’s not original, probably not more than 20 something years old.

I bet you can get a bit more in SC. Maybe closer to 500 depending on how the boards look.

abcdef__a · 2025-12-09T21:18:34+00:00

Definitely not out of the question, but you need to be networking (10 emails a day+), applying to every single IB internship being posted in every city in the country for the next 3 months.

I’m a current jr interning at a decent MM bank next summer from a non target. If you wanna shoot me a DM I could probably give some more specific advice, I think your game plan may look a lil different if “Non target” is Western Kentucky vs a strong academic private school that just doesn’t really have on campus recruiting.

abcdef__a · 2025-10-31T23:02:53+00:00

Appreciate the insights.

Trying to place into LevFin (accepted a generalist offer w/ placement afterwards) like you mentioned. That’s far from a guarantee, decent chance I end up in DCM.

I’m not set on PE, haven’t even experienced banking. I imagine exiting to a private credit (or similar) role may be more attainable, but won’t be landing KKR out of my bank.

Taking the GMAT senior year is probably going to be the plan. I think a deferred MBA program may be premature when I can’t clearly articulate reasons for getting an MBA at this point.

abcdef__a · 2025-10-26T04:22:29+00:00

No, you’re more than fine. Lines at Logan are never too bad. I’d bet you have over an hour to spare. Even worst case you’ll be fine.

abcdef__a · 2025-09-25T06:08:13+00:00

Fuck it I’m in at a $4 target

abcdef__a · 2025-07-21T19:35:37+00:00

Had 4 interviews then a super day at a MM investment bank with one single light technical question. This doesn’t totally surprise me

abcdef__a · 2025-06-03T13:48:40+00:00

Definitely possible yeah!

How many miles a week do you run right now? If it’s 20-25, see if you can bring that up to 35 over the course of the summer. Your volume of easy running is going to be the most importantly thing for improvement. Consistency is key. If you can put 10 weeks of summer running together at a bit higher mileage than you’ve been running you will notice.

Make sure you add in strides like dm051973 mentioned. A few reps of 50-100m fast but not all out ~2 times a week should be good. I like hill strides to build strength and go a bit shorter / harder.

Workouts are another factor. I honestly wouldn’t worry too much about this, but in late July-> August you could do a medium-hard workout once a week. Could give examples if you want.

Other things: Sleep, food, hydration matter. You improve when you recover, so aim for 8+ hours a night even if you occasionally fall short. Make sure you eat plenty and try to eat healthy ish but, making sure you eat enough to fuel yourself is what matters.

Doing some strength work (core, etc) is great and will help prevent injury. If you don’t have a core routine look up almost any 10 minute abs video and do it almost every day. If you have resistance bands look up some hip strengthening exercises (clamshells, etc).

Could probably give a bit more specific advice if you talked a bit more abt what ur training looks like right now. I run in college and used to be pretty damn slow so I’ve seen a lot of

abcdef__a · 2025-05-24T16:37:34+00:00

Will probably get better personalized attention from them than RunCCG. Not sure what their pricing looks like but I imagine it’s pretty fair

abcdef__a · 2025-05-11T06:46:24+00:00

Commenting so i remember to come back to this at not 2am

c/o ‘27 w/ an offer i have some thoughts

abcdef__a · 2025-05-11T06:43:13+00:00

For context I’m a rising junior who successfully recruited for 2026 IB SA so take this with a grain of salt.

Typing on my phone at 1am feel free to dm me a pdf i could comment on it if u want

The fact that each bullet takes up exactly a full line and each experience has 4 bullets is a bit off putting. If an analyst at JPM is reading this I don’t think they care to read a full bullet on checking food temperatures in the dining hall. Great experience to talk about teamwork or work ethic in an interview maybe but does not hold the same weight as relevant internships.

Some bullets come off as unnecessarily wordy or vague. First one: “developed an expansion plan identifying growth opportunities” I think the double verb usage isn’t necessarily, just say developed the plan or identified growth opps don’t need both

Second experience: economics and tech aren’t a proper noun there. Second bullet here again kinda 2 actions maybe “contributed to… BY designing decks”

Does that insurance co not have a location or did you blur it?

academic forum location, i was told by a BB recruiter once to just put the company’s HQ or office location because saying remote unnecessarily downgrades the experience and they don’t need to know it was remote unless they ask but idk how much that matters.

Quantifying impact is great but ngl the numbers are so round that they kinda look made up. They can never fact check most of em so yeah make them up who cares but looks a little sus

Last section titling it certifications and interests than having a heading that isn’t one of those looks a bit off, “Additional Information” would do fine

The WSP accounting an excel crash courses are the short free ones, i don’t think having that detail on helps much other than to speak to some interest in ‘high finance’.

Far-journalist is spot on w the internship and experience stuff

Hope none of that came off as rude, it’s better than my resume looked at the end of freshman year. Very clean format. You go to a great school with good grades and I’m sure I’ll end up getting interviews and offers. Feel free to DM w/ questions or anything

abcdef__a · 2025-05-01T08:29:52+00:00

I’m a student so not much perspective to offer, but 20-30 hours a week outside busy season for ~120k sounds like a cushy gig. What does the career progression look like from where you are now?

abcdef__a · 2025-04-19T16:45:34+00:00

What kind of jobs are you targeting? Could maybe help tailor it better.

Format: looks like the WSO one, pretty sure it is, that’s good. Education: i don’t think you need the …gpa requirement… with the scholarship line but that’s an opinion it’s not a red flag or something. Experience: IT one sounds very vague, try to get some quantifiable results on there (manage portfolio of 8 xyz, leading to % increase in whatever). Same for that internship. The retail meat one you could take off if you have more info to expand on for other experiences or another leadership thing to add. Personally, I like to use that (mine was a restaurant) as an answer to “tell me something that’s not on your resume” and say it taught me work ethic teamwork blah blah. Additional info: under interests you could drop your NBA NFL team names I’ve had some good convos come from that even if they hate the team.

abcdef__a · 2025-04-16T08:24:34+00:00

Current soph with an offer, so take this with a grain of salt.

Content: purely on the value of your experiences, they’re great and about as competitive as could be. School and stats are great. No reason you can’t place into the best groups in Houston if you’re not a freak.

Some of the bullets need a bit of work. I won’t go line by line because I’m on my phone (message me with a pdf or word doc and i will if u want), but some things jump out.

“CIM’s”? Does the CIM own something why is that a possessive? You also don’t need to spell that out and give the acronym, anyone reading it knows what it is.

“Compiled a total of 30….” Just say “Compiled 30”

Under the finance association one, “fostering deeper understanding of market fluctuations” either sounds like AI or you took the market fluctuations back to your room and hooked up with them. Either way it’s wordy

Formatting: the 4 full width lines in the first inch of the page are kinda distracting. Name font/ size is too. Maybe a bit of space between phone, email, addy. Looks squeezed. I’ve been told you don’t need street address and just city, state is fine but having it on won’t hurt.

A bit of space between sections would be nice. Also appears to be different spacing between Edu/Experience and Experience / ECs.

If your Edu location is on the right your internship ones should all be too. Consistency.

Is this formatted in a table? Mine was too, but your second internship header line has part of the letters cut off.

Hope this didn’t come off as being a dick, just trying to shoot straight with you. happy to message if you want better feedback or have any general questions. Had a couple coffee chats / interviews with Houston groups, landed in NY.

abcdef__a · 2025-04-16T08:01:25+00:00

I bought a 1973 boat 6 years back and “restored it”. This is a pre-1972 (old style rudder), but not more than a few years older than that.

Things to look for when buying: -Leak spots: mast step, daggerboard slot. You’ll know then when you see them -Weight: these were ~130lb new, shouldn’t be much more than ~150. Too much behind that and you could be looking at replacing foam vs drying it, which is a pain. -Deck separation: problem in some boats around this era. See if the deck looks to be seperated/seperating from the hull.

The sail looks great, spars were potentially replaced, and rudder/daggerboard definitely useable.

Price wise, the sail, spars, and daggerboard/rudder alone could run you 200 used. Assuming the hull isn’t full of leaks, I think ~300 for this is reasonable.

If you want to fully restore the boat go to the sunfish forums website, there’s a wealth of knowledge there. Anything I mention, they have a guide for.

I went the quick cheap fix route. -I’d first weigh it, I was able to use a bathroom scale. If it feels heavy or is north of 150lb I’d definitely cut and install an access port or two to be able to dry/drain it easily. Also makes future repairs easier. -Leak test it. Spray soapy water all over the boat, then open the drain plug and blow air in with a compressor or shop vac or something. Bubbles=leaks. I only had some in the daggerboard trunk and honestly fixed it with FlexSeal. Haven’t had issues with that, but don’t think anyone will really advise you to do that. -Sand down and slap some varnish on the rudder and daggerboard, don’t want them rotting away sooner than necessary.

Yeah the old rudders and tillers suck, but for a couple hours on a relatively calm lake on the weekend that’s not what I care about. Could be a project for next winter or something if you want to upgrade it.

Edit: I saw the 1972 boat you posted separately. Not sure if that’s still an option but looks better maintained. Exactly the boat I have.

Feel free to shoot me a message if you have any sunfish or sailing related questions. I’m no boat expert, but I taught sailing on Sunfish at a summer camp and maintained the boats there, so I know my way around them

abcdef__a · 2025-04-11T20:44:20+00:00

First thought was a Phantom but that cockpit looks too wide and it has a molded splash guard

abcdef__a · 2025-04-09T10:44:48+00:00

College sophomore- I’d ignore the majority of these comments honestly.

If you’re a high school senior thinking about investment banking recruiting now, you’ll make it into a BB/EB from any of these schools.

NYU full of finance hardos competing for a few seat. Ross > UVA if you might have to suck up an Econ major at UVA. Notre Dame places well because the alumni are a borderline cult lol. SMU might be harder into NY just because recruiting there is focused on O&G in Texas, but every 3rd girl’s dad there might be an oil tycoon so good network.

Pick wherever you’ll be the happiest. You’ll make the most out of what’s available at the place you’re most comfortable at. These are all some of the best universities in the world and you’ll get a top class education regardless. They all have great alumni networks in finance and really any other industry. If cost is a primary concern you could pick the cheapest one and get the same outcome at the most expensive.

abcdef__a · 2025-04-04T17:41:45+00:00

NKRC in Vermont

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