Good luck to anyone applying for their private equity group. Just about every single one of them is a summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa graduate of an Ivy league institution. Many of them were valedictorian or salutatorian of their college class, too.
Most them have profiles like: National Merit Scholar > Oxford University study abroad > Goldman internship > Ivy League valedictorian > Blackstone Analyst
The other groups (e.g. real estate) seem a bit more inclusive of different profiles. Basically you need to have a Rhodes Scholar-like profile from an Ivy institution in order to get into the private equity group. (A big exception, of course, for "diversity" hires, as Blackstone has a recruiter assigned to recruit exclusively female candidates.)
Yes, no shit.
So what, did you expect them to hire kids with an Average GPA at an Average School who got an Average Internship?
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