Tulane University Investment Banking Guide

Tulane → IB roadmap

Tulane candidates succeed when they run a focused plan that blends on‑campus assets with targeted outreach beyond campus. You'll use smaller class sizes to get real reps, a tight alumni network to open doors, and New Orleans' active business community to create surface area. This is a practical guide you can start today and finish in eight weeks.

Plug into the right platforms

• Clubs: investment/finance/consulting clubs are your rehearsal space. Volunteer to present a 5‑minute sector briefing every month. Save slides to your one‑pager.
• Courses: get comfortable with accounting and valuation. Pair each concept with an exercise (e.g., model working capital for a real company).
• Career Center: request alumni list pulls filtered by coverage/firm; schedule two mocks each month.

8‑week plan

• Weeks 1–2: Build an 80‑person alumni/pro list (IB, PE, corp dev). Send 15 specific notes per week; attach a one‑pager with a sector briefing and a comps table.
• Weeks 3–4: Add a DCF scaffold and a clean resume. Deliver one 60‑second market briefing at a club meeting; ask for feedback and record it.
• Weeks 5–6: Learn LBO structure (sources/uses, returns math). Do Mock #1 with a rubric. Convert warm alumni into referrals with a concise ask.
• Weeks 7–8: Target regional boutiques/MM firms. Do Mock #2. Share short progress updates with your network and lock interview dates.

Resume bullets that land

Replace generic bullets with numbers and actions. If you lack direct finance roles, build micro‑projects that demonstrate judgment.

• "Built comps for 12 SaaS peers; identified 2 outliers via NTM growth and EV/Sales; proposed screen to PM."
• "Modeled LBO for $250M industrial; paydown sensitivities showed WC as primary lever; presented to club."
• "Led 4‑person case team; structured research into drivers/risks; placed 2/18 teams."

Outreach examples

"Tulane junior interested in Healthcare Services — I built a payer‑mix note on ambulatory surgery centers (attached) and would value 15 minutes on how your team evaluates utilization risk."

"I noticed your Nashville team's work in behavioral health. I summarized unit‑economics trends and have two questions on valuation ranges for add‑ons."

Weekly cadence

• 15 notes, 5 calls, 4 technical reps, 2 story reps, 1 briefing
• Track clarity/correctness/speed/structure deltas; share one improvement per week in follow‑ups

Local surface area

New Orleans alumni events, startup meetups, and speaker series are excellent places to practice quick pitches and collect stories. Aim to leave each event with one concrete follow‑up (share a note, send a model, or book a call).