The journey started only less than two weeks ago and so far it has been amazing. I arrived in New York City on the 6th of June and I was hosted for a week by a classmate from Ross. I managed to find an apartment on Craigslist in a very nice location, pretty convenient to commute to go to downtown to the office.
The summer associate program started with a week of training. The first day was very exciting as I met all my new colleagues of the summer associate class and I am proud of representing Ross as an international student. I am surrounded by smart individuals from other top business school in the US such as Harvard, Wharton, Columbia, Chicago Booth etc. Training was a great way to get started and to meet most of them. Despite the fact that it was a week of training, one night I went home pretty late as we had an assignment due in less than 24 hours. It was a job simulation and we had to value a company that was exploring a merger with another company. We had to learn how to use Factset (an investment analytic tool) and use all the excel files they provided us to perform the valuation. We were divided in sub-teams and this was a great way to bond with some of my colleagues and to make new friends.
The last day of training was volunteer day. We went to a park and we had to do gardening all together. It was nice to see how future bankers can contribute to the community and have fun at the same time. After that we had a welcome drink event where I met other nice colleagues.
Next week is my first ‘real work’ week and I am very excited. I will be staffed on Monday morning and I guess it is going to be very busy. I spoke with some summer analysts in my group (M&A) who started a week earlier and they told me they have been going home very late every night.
Keep you posted on how it goes!
Matteo
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