/biz/ - Business & Finance

>>1189682
Trust me, work harder than everyone else, when all your friends are done with studying after a long day, then you have to stay the extra 2 hours until midnight, start working out as soon as possible (not only will that give you physical strength, but it will boost your motivation and confidence and helps mentally), always go the extra mile and make your person interesting by differentiation (through knowledge of languages, extracurricular activities, studying abroad, internships). Start reading up on finance, at first the field of finance seems infinitely wast and complex but it's really not, after a few introductory books you will have a general overview and can focus on what you're interested in. If you know anyone who already went through business school or is in some way related to finance then you have to start shadowing them around as soon as possible, be like the son they never had, suck up all the information from people who can be a mentor to you, mentoring with the right people is incredibly important, even more so at your internships - find a mentor. Surround yourself with like-minded people, don't hang out with stoners and excessive party-people or lazy people, they will drag you down, you need the group dynamic where everyone pushes each other.

Source: I am the first one in my family to have graduated from college, I never had any references or people to ask about business life and etiquette. I had to network, go out there and figure out what the rules are. Currently, I am finishing my M.Sc. in Economics and will enter one of the banks pic related for a role in investment banking. I previously interned at all 3 in trading/sales/IB-roles, studied abroad in Moscow and Shanghai, speak 3 languages, volunteered at summer-olympics and led the largest student-business club at my university.