A Day in the Life of a GWI Scholar

Our Summer Intensive Program (SIP) is jam-packed — from lectures, hands-on tutorials and panels with industry professionals to site visits at capstone partners and financial partners in major cities.

With GWI, every moment is an opportunity to learn and practice your new skills.

Sample SIP Weekly Schedule

MONDAY

9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. - Accounting Comes Alive
12:00 p.m. - 1:15 p.m. - Lunch
1:30 p.m. - 2:50 p.m.  - Accounting Comes Alive (cont.)
3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. - Accounting II

TUESDAY

9:00 a.m. - 10:20 a.m. - Financial Statement Analysis
10:25 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. - Introduction to Building Financial Statement Models
12:00 p.m. - 1:15 p.m. - Speaker Series: CFA Introduction/Ethics Case Study
1:30 p.m. - 2:50 p.m. - Introduction to Discounted Cash Flow
3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. - Time Value of Money

WEDNESDAY

9:00 a.m. - 10:20 a.m. - Time Value of Money: Working Session
10:25 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. - Introduction to Financial Decision Making
12:00 p.m. - 1:15 p.m. - Speaker Series: Campus Welcome
1:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. - Introduction to Capstone Project
3:40 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. - Capstone Company: Competitive Strategy & Advantages

THURSDAY

9:00 a.m. - 10:20 a.m. - Bond Valuation
10:25 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. - Working Session: Bond Valuation
12:00 p.m. - 1:15 p.m. - Speaker Series: Recruiting
1:30 p.m. - 2:50 p.m. - Stock Valuation
3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. - Working Session: Stock

FRIDAY

8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. - Corporate Site Visit 1: Capstone 12:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. - Corporate Site Visit 2: GWI Financial Partner Firm
4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. - Corporate Site Visit 3: GWI Financial Partner Firm

Sample Timeline for OIP

  • Orientation: January 

  • CFA Institute Investment Foundations: February - May 

  • Wall Street Prep technical training modules: May - July 

  • Wharton Online investment management modules: July - August

  • Elective Content: June - August

    • Bloomberg Market Concepts

    • Project Destined

  • Program Close - September 


“Very rarely do you get to be taught by great business school professors that GWI partners with, I feel so lucky. I know I am getting such a good education here.”

“The on-campus community is really special because we are just with each other all the time.”

“The curriculum is rigorous but it helps so much because I am exposed to information I wouldn’t normally be exposed to.”