Trojan Finance Adacemy

• The TFA seeks to immerse USC’s highest-performing sophomores into financial services and prepare them to recruit for junior year investment banking internships.

• Admitted TFA members will be selected during their fall semester of sophomore year and will have an abundance of professional development opportunities. These include being paired 1-on-1 with a mentor, attending a recruiting trek to San Francisco or New York, and specialized training with Training with the Street.

• The TFA historically has placed students into traditional investment banking positions in mergers and acquisitions, restructuring, and client-facing industry or coverage groups. Students applying for the workshop should demonstrate their knowledge and interest in these career options.

• While students are not required to have any experience in the financial services industry, they should demonstrate a passion for finance.

Who can apply?

Sophomores in their fall semester, assuming students are spending four years at USC.

What makes a competitive applicant?

Admittance into the TFA will be based on the student's application, cumulative GPA of at least a 3.60, technical skills, and soft skills which will be evaluated during the application period and an interview.

When are applications due?

Applications for the TFA program will open in late August and interviews will occur in early September.

When are admission decisions released?

Decisions will be released by middle to end of September.

• Average annual salary for first-year analysts is $85,000 to $120,00
  
• First-year analysts' bonuses ranged from $50,000 to $120,000 based on performance
  
• High rate of conversion from analyst to associate, if one decides to stay in investment banking
  
• Alumni who leave investment banking after two to three years find jobs at private equity firms and hedge funds such as KKR, TPG, Carlyle, GTCR, BDT Capital, Centerbridge, and many more