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Season 2 Episode 1 of Wall Street Diaries is here! It features @KevinYangImpact went from valedictorian at Michigan Ross to investment banking at Guggenheim TMT, private equity at Vector Capital, and ultimately into global impact investing and founding his own firm. His path blen ... Show More
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Our student Advik came to us as an international student in his junior year after having already deferred his graduation so that he could recruit again.
Coming from a non-target school, he struggled to find much guidance at school and was slowly losing hope in his long-time dream of breaking into investment banking.
Hear how our program helped him optimi ... Show More
<p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/1002655/open_sms">Send us a text</a></p><p>What if you didn’t go to a target school? What if you’re an international student who needs sponsorship? Does that mean MBB is out of reach?</p><p>Michael Liu is ... Show More
<p><em>"The most important thing is to not give up and to believe that it's possible."</em></p> <p data-start="134" data-end="1009">What does it take to turn setbacks into success? In this episode, GMAC Zach sits down with recent GMAT test taker <strong data-start="310" data-end= ... Show More
