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Summer Academy
An eight-week programme designed to help you break into finance.
Only 30 spots available.
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One outcome. Walking into your interview ready.
4 x private 1-on-1 sessions
Four focused 1-hour sessions tailored to your CV, applications, and interview performance. Get direct, personalised feedback from an industry professional.
8 x instructor-led group sessions
A live session every week with your cohort, led by an industry professional. Work through technical content, application strategy, Q&A, and peer practice.
3 x mock interviews
Behavioural in Week 5, technical in Week 7, and a full final-round simulation in Week 8. Marked against the firm-standard grid and recorded so you can rewatch.
Modelling & accounting course
Industry-standard modelling and accounting drills to work through between sessions. Anything you get stuck on, we walk through in the live sessions.
- 1000+ technical practice questions
- Unlimited CV reviews
- Access to all practice & learn modules
- Exclusive WhatsApp community
Exclusive networking events
A mix of dinners and events with industry professionals across the buy side and sell side.
80% of our last cohort landed offers at bulge brackets and elite boutiques.
Week by week
Each week pairs a platform module with a live group session, with four private 1-on-1 sessions scheduled where personalised feedback matters most. Here's the eight-week agenda.
- Week01
Finance Fundamentals + CV
- Finance fundamentals module
- CV walkthrough and rewrite directions in your 1-on-1
Outcome: A baseline CV that passes screen. You can articulate why IB.
- Week02
Accounting + EV vs Equity Value + Application Strategy
- Accounting module with exercises
- Enterprise value vs equity value
- Cohort application strategy session on when to apply where
- Commence Tracker introduced as your application tracker
- Week03
DCF + Valuation (Comps & Precedents)
- DCF with exercise
- Trading comps and precedent transactions
- Q&A and modelling homework review in the weekly group session
- Week04
LBO + M&A
- LBO mechanics end to end
- M&A: accretion / dilution, deal structuring, synergies
- Q&A and modelling homework review in the weekly group session
- Week05
Catch-up + Behavioural Mock
Mock week- Catch-up on anything that isn’t locked in yet
- Heavy behavioural reps on the platform through the week
- 45-min 1-on-1 behavioural mock with platform feedback baked in
- Week06
Formulas for Banking
- Core IB formulas and quick-recall material
- MCQ review on the platform
- Q&A and unblocking in the weekly group session
- Week07
Brainteasers + Cohort Mock + Technical Mock
Mock week- Brainteasers module
- Cohort peer-on-peer mock interview session
- 45-min 1-on-1 technical mock
- Week08
Full Final-Round Simulation
Final round- 45-min 1-on-1 mock in full final-round format
- Behavioural, technical, fit, and Q-back-to-interviewer
Outcome: You can run a 30-min final-round technical without flinching.
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The Commence Guarantee
Support continues beyond the eight-week programme with 12 months of full platform access, fair-use instructor-led drop-in sessions, and discounted private 1-on-1 coaching for targeted help. Terms apply.
Nothing to pay until your application is accepted.
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