2026 Masters Recruiting

Intending to do a master's starting in 2025. If I want to recruit for 2026 summer positions (assuming i have to start networking now), how do I go about it? My grades are good, I'm at a target in the UK, have an am summer (at a firm with £400bn+ aum) and my gre mock scores are good as well. I've begun networking with admissions officers for my masters (basically attending every zoom info session/webinar i can to the point that they recognise me). I'm fairly confident I will get into one or two good masters programs (in finance/financial econ/financial math/data science). 

If I network at banks enough do you think I have a shot at people there referring my application even without a master's university confirmed? 

I want to do everything I can to maximise my chances so any help is appreciated. 

 

Summer 2026 recruiting will take place in spring 2025 and later (Feb, March, April). R1 applications for grad schools usually open up in the first week of October and may take about 1 - 1.5 months to get back to you. That leaves you with a couple of weeks of November, whole of December (assuming people actually hop on calls), and January to talk to network. From the timeline it does look like you can network. And if you are targeting schools like UChicago you should definitely talk to the career coach about on campus recruiting. 

Also, please go on to define a good masters program. 

 

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