Wall Street Fellows

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Wall Street Finance Fellows is designed to improve education and employment opportunities for undergraduates interested in careers on Wall Street, including investment banking, mergers and acquisitions, sales and trading, asset management and private banking. Students will learn how to compete for these positions, interview successfully, and excel in their internships.

Students are matched with an alum in the growing Smith School community on Wall Street. Students receive individual coaching preparing them to compete for a summer investment banking internship which will well-position them to secure a full-time position in the industry upon graduation.

Julie Pavlovsky is the faculty champion for this program.

Curriculum: One-Year Program

Admitted Fall 2024

Spring Sophomore Year

  • BMGT398W: One-credit course focusing on the investment industry, including industry speakers and interview prep.
  • BMGT342F: Wall Street Finance, a case-based course focusing on the skills needed on Wall Street.

Admitted Spring 2025

Pre-requisite courses that must be completed before Fall 2025:

  • BMGT220 Principles of Accounting I
  • BMGT230 Business Statistics or BMGT231 Statistical Models for Business (or their equivalents) 
  • BMGT340 Business Finance - This course will be taken in Fall 2025. (Can complete any offered BMGT340 section)

Fall Sophomore Year

  • BMGT398W: One credit course focusing on the investment industry, including industry speakers and interview prep.

Spring Sophomore Year 

  • BMGT442F: Wall Street Finance, a case-based course focusing on the skills needed on Wall Street.
  • Trip to New York City to visit investment banks and network with alumni.
  • Networking with an assigned Smith alumni industry mentor.
  • Compete for a summer internship in the investment banking industry.
  • Career workshops, Wall Street prep - Wall Street commercial careers course.

Career Connection

Examples of companies where Wall Street Fellows have interned or received full-time offers:

  • Goldman Sachs
  • Morgan Stanley
  • JP Morgan
  • Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BAML)
  • Citigroup

Eligibility Requirements

  • First Year Student (rising sophomore)
  • Finance Major
  • Must Complete BMGT 220, 221, and 340 by the end of the semester of application.
  • Minimum 3.0 GPA, 3.5 GPA preferred.
  • Students must be available for a summer internship in the summer between their junior and senior year — the goal of the program is to assist you in your internship search.
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