Freshman and sophomore programs at banks, consulting firms and PE firms

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Investment Banking

• Goldman Sachs, emerging leaders series (americas). The firm page says the program runs "between Fall 2026 - Spring 2027" with location varying by track, and showed an Apply Now button on the verification date.
• Goldman Sachs, possibilities series (americas). The firm page lists "Program Dates: Spring 2026." Watch the page in January for the 2027 edition.
• Citi, early id programs. Citi publishes the windows (three weeks starting in March or December) but no year-specific dates. The same page lists Freshman Discovery (three days in May) and a D1 Athlete Development program (June to August, applications March to April).
• Citi, freshman discovery. Named on the firm page with a May window and no dates.
• JPMorgan, career.edyou academy. The firm page publishes 2025 highlights and a participant survey but no 2026 or 2027 dates.
• Barclays, discovery programme. The firm page says participants "may be considered for a 2027 internship." No dates.
• Moelis, summer analyst applications and targeted opportunities. Moelis is the one boutique that states its timing: US summer analyst applications "typically open in the December of your sophomore year." The page also names Targeted Opportunities (sophomore mentorship) and a Leadership Development Program.
• Evercore, early explorers summer intern program. Published on the firm’s recruiting portal. No 2026 or 2027 edition was posted on the verification date. Evercore also runs virtual sophomore open houses by group in the fall.
• Guggenheim Securities, sophomore focus and freshman day on the job. Both programs are named on the careers page with no dates. The page also lists inclusion partners (BlackGen Capital, Forté, ibRecruit, JumpStart Advisory Group).
• Perella Weinberg, global prep programs. Named on the firm careers page with no dates.
• Rothschild & Co, insight week programmes. Named on the Students and Graduates page with no US dates. The only dated early program is a UK pre-university scheme, which does not apply to US students.
• BMO Capital Markets, fall 2026 virtual spotlight series. BMO is the one middle-market bank that publishes a dated fall 2026 campus calendar on its own site, including career fairs at Iowa, Minnesota, Illinois, Wisconsin-Eau Claire, Cal State Fullerton and San Diego State.
• KeyBanc Capital Markets, investment banking sophomore series. The 2026 flyer is hosted by Colorado State’s business career office. The next edition would follow the same December window; watch for the flyer in October.
• Nomura, summit series (global markets and investment banking). Published on the firm’s campus portal. The 2026-27 edition had not been posted on the verification date.
• Baird, women in equity research event (virtual). One of the few dated early-program applications open this fall.
• Jefferies, class of 2028 investment banking insight day. Listed on Duke’s early-insight roundup. Jefferies posts these on its recruiting portal; a Class of 2029 Insight Day with an early-October deadline appeared in search results but could not be opened.
• Houlihan Lokey, financial restructuring insight day. Listed as a 2026 program on Duke’s early-insight roundup with no calendar dates.
• Lincoln International, sophomore job shadow program and women in finance workshop. Both listed as 2026 programs on Duke’s early-insight roundup with no calendar dates.
• Raymond James, investment banking insights bootcamp, career fast track, sophomore showcase. Month-level timing reported from the firm’s sophomore page, which blocks automated checks; confirm on the page before planning around it.
• Stifel, sophomore explorers program. The firm PDF is the 2024 edition. No newer flyer was published on the verification date.

Consulting

• McKinsey & Company, sophomore summer business analyst. Dates for the summer 2026 edition were reported from the firm page, which blocks automated checks. Michigan’s campus page also lists a Sophomore Diversity Leaders Internship case-coaching workshop on September 30, 2026.
• Boston Consulting Group, bcg launch. The firm page states "The portal will close on May 29, 2026." Embark (a virtual conference with Black@BCG, Latin@BCG and Indigenous@BCG) had an April 15, 2026 registration deadline per a Tufts career post that has since been removed.
• Bain & Company, first forward. The firm page confirms the audience and cohort. The May dates came from a Yale career-center post that has since expired.
• Bain & Company, crew. The firm page says "Applications for our 2026 program are now closed" and to check back for 2027.
• Bain & Company, building entrepreneurial leaders (bel). The 2026 program is closed and Bain says to check back for 2027 information.
• L.E.K. Consulting, kaleidoscope: undergraduate program. Published on the firm’s recruiting portal. The 2027 edition had not been posted on the verification date; expect a late-November deadline.
• Deloitte, national undergraduate case competition. The 2026 field included Boston College, Carnegie Mellon, Cornell, Duke, Georgia Tech, Indiana, Northwestern, Penn State, Rice, Maryland, Michigan, UNC, Notre Dame, Virginia, Vanderbilt and Virginia Tech.
• Alvarez & Marsal, campus presentations and internship interviews (columbia, penn). A&M publishes per-campus schedules on its own site.

Private Equity

• Insight Partners, inclusion by insight diversity summit. From the firm’s 2027 Summer Analyst recruiting roadmap. Insight closed summer 2027 analyst applications on May 22, 2026, so the summit is the on-ramp a year and a half ahead.
• Blackstone, future women leaders and diverse leaders. Named on the firm’s diversity page with no 2026 or 2027 dates. Blackstone holds a Harvard networking reception and coffee chats on October 6, 2026 for sophomores and seniors.
• KKR, kkr collective: summer immersion for liberal arts students. Applications for 2026 are closed. KKR also holds Harvard coffee chats on October 22, 2026 for sophomores through seniors (apply by October 14).
• Sixth Street, early insights. Named on the careers page with no dates. Sixth Street also runs a 10-week summer internship for rising seniors with full-time consideration.
• General Atlantic, summer growth experience. The early-careers page says undergraduate hires enter "generally two-year" analyst programs and that Summer Growth Experience applications open in fall and spring. No dates.
• Advent International, accelerate. Named on the firm site with no dates.

The calendar pattern

Banking sophomore programs cluster in December through February, with applications due in late October or November. KeyBanc, Nomura and Stifel all follow that shape. Goldman Emerging Leaders runs across the whole school year and is the one open now.

Consulting runs a semester later. L.E.K. Kaleidoscope is in January (November deadline), Bain BEL in the spring (February 1 deadline), Bain First Forward and BCG Launch in late May, and McKinsey’s Sophomore Summer Business Analyst applications in May and June for the following summer.

Private equity closes earliest. Insight Partners took summer 2027 analyst applications until May 22, 2026, and its sophomore summit deadline was the November before that. If you want a PE summer as a junior, the on-ramp is the fall of sophomore year.

Nobody publishes target schools. Every firm on this page was checked. Bain and A&M publish per-campus pages with dates, and BMO publishes its fall campus calendar, which is why they appear with dates when others do not.

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