investment banking

So you’re a college sophomore and you want to break into Investment Banking. Maybe you’re a freshman that just heard about Investment Banking and want to learn more. Perhaps you’ve heard from older students who talked about the recruitment process, or you stumbled onto a Linkedin post from someone who landed a J.P Morgan offer and thought to yourself: “How do I get here?”

Investment banking is one of the most selective entry-level career paths in the world. At top firms, acceptance rates for summer analyst roles are often estimated at well under 2–3%, with thousands of applicants competing for a limited number of spots. But here's what I've come to believe after watching this process play out over and over: "hard" doesn't mean random.