"Does anyone at a bank actually read the cover letter, or am I writing this for nobody?" A sophomore asked me that on our first call last winter, with four applications open in four browser tabs.

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Every year, I get the same message from students a few weeks before their MBB interviews. They’ve spent months preparing: downloaded the frameworks, worked through the casebooks, and watched every YouTube video. Yet, they still aren’t sure if any of it is actually working.