Made in the Shade

Hey guys,
Things have been going really well lately. I'm pretty burnt out on squash but that's to be expected with only a week left in the season. It'll be nice to have a ton of free time although we'll still have lifts 2x/week.

I got into my study abroad school a few weeks ago so I have the option of going to London which I think I'll take. At the very least, I'll commit to it now because I'd rather decide not to do it at the last minute and have that option than want to do it and not have the option.

What else? My hard work paid off and I landed an offer from one of the top 10 banks in the country. I'll work in their investment banking division so it should be interesting to see how I like it, etc. It was a sort a lengthy process although not as bad as a lot of other ibanking ones are. I submitted a cover letter and resume, got selected for a first round interview, go put through to a final round interview, and then got a call saying I got it. It was pretty stressful at the end for a few reasons. I'd rather be in NY than Boston because my best friend from HS might be there, my GF is working there so it would have made the relationship difficult if I were in Boston, and some other friends are in NY as well. I also didn't really have other places to interview at after this one. I was 0/3 up to this point at first round interviews so it would have SUCKED to get to the final round and blow it. It was annoying though because I knew all of this and was worried that worrying about how the final round went would make me perform worse. Sort of a self-fulfilling prophecy so I tried to be as relaxed as possible.

The job's gonna be a ton of hours (80-90/week I think) but it's 10 weeks, 70k pro-rated (meaning I get paid over the course of the internship as if my yearly salary were 70k). So I'll make about 14k + 2k relocation stipend. I'll have to pay more for housing and I'll lose like 30% in taxes so I'll take home like 9k or so. I'm going up there in two weeks to meet alums from my school, people I'm gonna work with, etc. I have to formally accept by March 1st but will do it on Monday. It was pretty surprising and frustrating to get negged by a ton of places but rejection's a big part of the business so I just have to get used to it.

Also, things with the gf have been going really well. Been dating just over 5 months now and it's been really smooth. She's really cool, smart, etc so I really have no complaints on that front. Taking her to Beauty and the Beast and then dinner tonight and got roses that I'm giving her in a few hours.

Really pumped about this summer. I'm gonna chill for two weeks after classes end, then the internship, then I chill for another month before classes start abroad (assuming I go). There's really no downside to this internship however it ends up. I could:

-like it and get a full time offer at the end of the summer (40-50% get this)
-like it, not get a full time offer, but decide against going abroad so I can be on campus for recruiting in the fall. having this on my resume will be a huge plus if I don't get a full time offer
-not like it. At least in this case I'll know that banking isn't for me and I won't be put in the position of trying to decide how valuable it would be to stay on campus for fall finance recruiting. It would just be so hard to gauge and also so hard to be a competitive applicant having not interned ("Oh really? You want to do this? You have no experience, wtf...?")

Classes are also pretty interesting which makes my spring awesome. Squash ending, more free time, good classes, great summer lined up, study abroad in the fall. I've got it made.

Hope everyone's doing well,
Yodaddy

P.S. Shout out to Vers for finally getting what he deserves. Ship the Sunday Brawl and satties, boi.