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do you guys wanna go into the law profession after your degree or IB or something like that?

Curious to see which BOS'ers want to study law next year! Who thinks they will get in and what degree will you be combing with. Post below :)

as the title states, which is better for investment banking (both majoring in finance)

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any other estimates please? we get about 5-8 students over 99 each year, if that helps

school rank fluctuates between 10 and 15 Subject - Rank Economics - 1/8 Physics - 3/12 (probably wont count, not strong at my school) Chemistry 6/12 English Adv 5/38 Maths Adv 4/20 Math X1 6/12 Thanks :)

its possible, just google it and you can see current employees at whichever firm it may be, job description, uni degree and place of study. personally ive come across 1 kid that has made it into IB from macq

pkf has already given out offers in Sydney

hahaha your probably right, the only way to find out is to try :) ill give it a shot and see how it goes, presuming i even get accepted haha. thanks for your opinion

thats true, he wouldnt be doing the work without the bonuses. listen, i appreciate what your saying and i acknowledge how difficult it can be at the junior levels. but i still believe its the dedication to the work that differentiates people once uve got your foot in the door. and i agree that...

he is head of the sector, by mid career i mean that he wont stop working for atleast another 15 yrs ( it was a time reference not a ranking reference) and back office to front office isnt bs, its fact with my 2 friends. but it is true they worked their asses off and just because my dad has a...

yeh sorry to clarify i meant good balance as a cadet. why bad luck to my friends? they made front office position from back office cadetships, doesnt that completely disprove your agrument? my dads been in IB for over 20 yrs now and is only just passed mid career. the dedication is a fact, those...

those connections at UBS are actually friends that a socialise with on the weekends, they arent from seminars and dont have scripts from HR, they are giving me their honest opinion. im not out here trying to convince anyone that im right and your wrong or vice versa, im just giving my point of...

okay i know for a 100% fact your scenario 1 is wrong due to the fact that i have connections in most top tier IB's and have personally spoken to them about recruitment ( i.e front office senior traders etc) and yes it is 3-5 of work experience in the front office if your accepted into IB...

reply to: scenario 1: who says that back office gives u zero chance of front office position? what evidence/proof/knowledge do you have of that scenario 2: very much true if u dont enjoy the work, but then again isnt that the same for every job in the world? scenario 3: burning out is a load of...