Kenyon College to Morgan Stanley | Chat with Aishik | WSO Academy

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🗓️ 10 June 2025

⏱️ 19 minutes

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From rural Ohio to a seat at Morgan Stanley, Aishik’s story is one of determination, adaptability, and hustle. As an international student from India attending a small liberal arts college, Aishik faced a steep uphill climb—limited alumni network, a packed STEM schedule, and the need for visa sponsorship. But through WSO Academy, he ramped up his technical prep, scaled networking from 30 to over 150 calls, and landed three Superdays, ultimately securing a highly competitive offer at Morgan Stanley’s Hedge Fund Services team. 🌍 Hear how he made the leap from biology labs to high finance—and what advice he’d give others with a similar background. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 👇👇👇 Land A High Finance Career: https://www.wallstreetoasis.com/academy?affiliate=socialwinner-youtube 🚀💼📈 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ WHAT IS WSO ACADEMY? It's a 12-week program to dramatically increase your odds of landing a 6-figure+ role in high finance... What’s included? 💥 GUARANTEED offer in high finance 🎓 Full course library for life (over $4k+ of content) 👥 Direct access to 1,300+ top mentors across banks & funds 📚 Tons of live training bootcamps (IB, PE, VC, Excel, etc.) 📄 Full resume rewrite + LinkedIn review (human + AI) 🧠 1:1 work with Head Mentors on TMAY + behavioral questions 🗣️ 6–10+ mock interviews, HireVue prep, Excel + logic assessments 🏢 Internship with WSO for resume branding 📬 Proven networking strategy & outreach software 🧭 Accountability coach & progress matrix 💬 Lifetime access to the exclusive alum Slack community 👉 JOIN WAITLIST HERE: https://www.wallstreetoasis.com/academy?affiliate=socialwinner-youtube 💪🔥 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ IS WSO ACADEMY FOR YOU? Yes, if any of the below sound like you: ✅ You want to break into investment banking but don’t know where to start ✅ You've applied to 100+ jobs and heard nothing back ✅ You’re not sure how to network effectively ✅ Your technicals or behavioral answers need work ✅ You’re not from a target school or have below a 3.7 GPA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Land A High Finance Career: https://www.wallstreetoasis.com/academy?affiliate=socialwinner-youtube WSO Academy is the largest online finance community with 1M+ members and 20M+ annual visitors. The 50+ head mentors in the program were handpicked from 1,300+ finance pros. They’ve helped thousands break into Wall Street careers over the past decade. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 🎓 JOIN WAITLIST HERE: https://www.wallstreetoasis.com/academy?affiliate=socialwinner-youtube ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ #finance #investmentbanking #privateequity #hedgefund #consulting #venturecapital #wallstreet The Daily Peel Newsletter 📰 → https://www.wallstreetoasis.com/media/newsletters/the-daily-peel 🎧 Listen to the Podcast: Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wall-street-oasis/id1463441793 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7nQxuApNXFkUSvojQGKyAQ?si=GrYh2zIHSsub8S8xIX0PjQ&nd=1 📚 WSO Resources: Courses: https://bit.ly/2ESzrv2 Resume Review: https://bit.ly/2Z0DFYq Mentors: https://bit.ly/3lIHoUi Events: https://bit.ly/350vMGd ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 📱 Follow us: LinkedIn | Instagram | Facebook | Twitter | TikTok → @wallstreetoasis ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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0:00.0	Hey, this is Patrick Curtis, CEO and founder of Wall Street Oasis. Today we have a great chat with Aishik.
0:05.2	Aishik came to us when he was just about to start sophomore year at Kenyon College, which is
0:09.2	liberal arts college in Ohio. He had goals of breaking into finance but wasn't really sure where to start.
0:15.1	He had a heavy course load as fall semester. Listen to what he did as recruiting kicked off
0:19.2	and how much he had to ramp up networking
0:20.9	to get into those first rounds into the Super Days and eventually land a great offer. Enjoy.
0:43.9	All right, Aishik, thanks so much for taking the time to join us today.
0:45.3	Yeah, absolutely.
0:46.3	Thank you, Patrick.
0:49.8	So it would be awesome if you could just give the listeners a short summary bio.
0:51.5	Yeah, absolutely.
0:53.1	My name is Aishik.
0:57.0	Originally, I grew up in India, and I moved to the moved to the US for college. I go to a small private liberal arts college in rural Ohio, Kenyan college, kind of came here, you know, been through lots of path, came here thinking I wanted to do like neuroscience biology, kind of change my mind after freshman year, moved into being an econ math major, and then was
1:11.6	kind of figuring out what to do with that degree, was kind of around the time I came across
1:15.9	WS Academy. That's when I decided to enroll having a little bit of interest, a little bit of knowledge
1:20.9	into what banking might entail, but just wanting to learn more, wanting to put myself out there,
1:25.2	do something. That's awesome, yeah. So let's talk about just the decision to even come to the U.S. for college.
1:32.3	Was it something your parents were pushing for?
1:35.2	Was it something you were pushing for?
1:36.7	Like, how did that even come up?
1:38.9	I think it was definitely me pushing more for it than my parents,
1:42.7	but they were like very agreeing with my decision. But then back in India in high school, I did sciences pretty much all throughout my senior year of high school. But I wasn't completely sure about what I wanted to do. I mean, I did biology. I enjoyed it. I was like, okay, that could be a good potential thing to do after that. But I always wanted to explore back in high school. I was working on a couple of startup with some of my friends and my dad. So I was really interested in kind of like the business world as well, but never got the chance to formally try it out. And I also kind of really wanted to push myself out of my comfort zone, like after high school, to just come to the US. It just felt like lots of more opportunities, especially going to a smaller liberal arts college that would give me, which I otherwise won't find in India. That's great. Yeah. So you kind of arrived on campus. Was it culture shock or what was it like initially? I mean, you know, it was definitely like lots of small things. I mean, I feel kind of in the present day, like just watching YouTube and movies, like definitely not as much as of a culture shock. Then some people might say like 20 years back or something. But then definitely a lot, lots of the smaller thing. I mean, kind of walking on the other side of the street because India kind of drives on the opposite side, even like those little things,
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