Featuring Trisha Atluri and Tyler Stewart
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Trisha Atluri
Investment banking has a reputation for being all spreadsheets and late nights—what’s one moment from your Booth experience that completely broke that stereotype?
There were definitely some late nights during recruiting, so that part of the stereotype is not entirely unfounded. But one moment that completely broke it for me was celebrating with my classmates after offers came through.
A few days after those of us recruiting for West Coast banks returned from San Francisco with offers in hand, we all went out together in Chicago.
I still remember how proud I felt, not just of my own outcome, but of everyone around me. Recruiting is intense, but it is also deeply communal, and that night captured that side of the experience perfectly. It remains one of my favorite memories from Booth.
If you had to pitch Chicago Booth’s investment banking community like it was a deal—what’s the headline, and why should someone “buy in”?
Chicago Booth IBG: come for the job, stay for the network!
The best reason to join IBG is probably the same reason companies pursue a great deal: it is accretive, the synergies are real, and everyone is better off together. Booth’s investment banking community gives you the structure, support, and relationships that make a demanding process feel much more navigable.
You grow faster because you are doing it alongside people who are equally motivated and genuinely invested in helping one another succeed.
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Tyler Stewart
Investment banking has a reputation for being all spreadsheets and late nights—what’s one moment from your Booth experience that completely broke that stereotype?
An easy one for me was the Friday night of Booth Bank Week in New York City. By that point, we were all exhausted from months of IB prep, coffee chats, invite-only events, and a packed week of back-to-back bank meetings. We were trauma-bonded at that point and energized from the idea of almost being done.
To top it off, my birthday had fallen on the Tuesday of bank week, and Riya’s was that Friday. So we found a spot in the city and gave ourselves a night to actually celebrate, not just the birthdays, but making it that far and landing first-round interview invites. It was still a late night, but there wasn’t a spreadsheet in sight or mind.
If you had to pitch Chicago Booth’s investment banking community like it was a deal—what’s the headline, and why should someone “buy in”?
Headline: “Past performance is not indicative of future results” … but maybe not at Booth.
The SEC loves to remind us that past performance is not indicative of future results. This may hold true with many investments, but I am not sure it holds for Booth.
The IBG platform, second-year engagement, and long-standing relationships with banks have produced consistent outcomes for a reason. Myself, my classmates, and many others before us are living proof of that track record, and I’d buy in again in a heartbeat.
