A student organization at Amherst College
Finance recruiting starts earlier than you think.
Foundations of Finance helps Amherst freshmen and sophomores learn the basics of finance recruiting and stay on track through an intensive process, with weekly meetings, weekly email updates, and a resource library built by students who have been through it.
Early results
The Class of 2027, by the numbers
Foundations of Finance was founded in 2025 to close the resource gap that has historically held back Amherst students pursuing competitive finance roles. The first full recruiting cycle speaks for itself.
- Placement rate
- 70% of Class of 2027 members placed
- Placements
- 20 junior-year summer internships
- Founded
- 2025 at Amherst College
Goldman Sachs Bank of America Morgan Stanley Guggenheim Lazard Wells Fargo
What membership looks like
A structured path through recruiting
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Weekly meetings
The club meets every week during the semester to work through the recruiting timeline, from first coffee chats to superdays. Meeting times and locations go out on the email list.
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Weekly email updates
A weekly update keeps members on schedule: what to be doing now, which applications are opening, and what is coming next in the cycle.
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A real resource library
Cover letter and resume guides, structured syllabi, email templates, phone call guides, and technical study guides covering LBOs, merger models, valuation, DCF, and accounting.
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One-on-one coaching
Sam schedules personal meetings with members who need extra help or missed a meeting due to a scheduling conflict. Nobody falls behind for lack of support.
The compact
Members invest in each other's success
The club is anchored by two priorities: placing every member in a junior-year summer internship across investment banking, sales and trading, and private wealth and asset management, and cultivating a culture in which members invest in each other's success.
Members who receive offers are expected to mentor future Foundations of Finance cohorts, steadily growing Amherst's footprint across the financial industry. As our presence in the industry grows, so does our ability to pay it forward.
Get started
The email list is the front door
Everything runs through the mailing list: meeting times, weekly updates, and access to the member library. If you are an Amherst freshman or sophomore curious about finance, request to join and come to a meeting.