When you are out of B-School from an M7, did well and had stellar GMAT. Experience aside, does where you went to UG or your SAT score matter anymore?

I'm pretty much a gym freak and am worried that banking is going to cut into my workout time. While I'm willing to sacrifice some workout time, I pretty much need an hour a day to lift, etc. Are most of you guys able to hit the gym every day? Is it any easier for associates to escape during the day than analyst?

What're you analysts planning to do with that fat check in a few weeks?

Simple but fun. When you are at fellow analysts laptop hit Ctrl+Alt+Down Arrow Key

Funny watching them google the shortcut to undo it with head tilted upside down.

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Hi I haven't been around for awhile, but I couldn't help but come back and re-read my hall of fame post entitled "Just so You Guys Know" which I wrote back before the dawn of the credit crisis. I must say that just about everything in the post has come true, including the collapse of Bear Stearns, and the rest of it is likely to come to pass soon. Let me give you an update on what I believe the state of various wall st. departments to be as i still see tremendous amounts of delusion out there:

It just seems that the number of traders who make good money under 30(300k+) seem to be very far and in between vs. banking where virtually everyone who sticks it out (into their late 20's..)...is almost guaranteed good money (once again 300k+)

I feel that a lot of people who try to get into trading (still in college) have this belief that the profession is showered with golden trees of money, when in reality its a volatile field, and the ones who make tons of money are the outstanding few. I could totally be wrong...am i? comments appreciated

Can someone who has had experience in banking during the tough times such as 2001 comment on this? I am going to be a first year analyst right now and lots of people are start telling me that it's not worth it doing banking anymore because bonuses are gonna be nothing in the upcoming years and banks are not going to recover its profitability in a while.

Do you think it's still worthwhile to do it for the exit opportunities? Did you stay in banking during the recession years and do you think you made the right decision?

Thanks