SUMMER APPLICATION ROUND 1 CLOSES ON MARCH 29, 2026

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SUMMER APPLICATION ROUND 1 CLOSES ON MARCH 29, 2026

Apply Now

SUMMER APPLICATION ROUND 1 CLOSES ON MARCH 29, 2026

Apply Now

Perennial

Virtual Work-Experience Program

Experience what it's like to work at an investment specialist company

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Program Duration

4 Weeks

Time Commitment

10 hrs/wk

Completion Awards

Referral Letter signed by Perennial, Certificate of Completion

Program Duration

4 Weeks

Time Commitment

10 hrs/wk

Completion Awards

Referral Letter signed by Perennial, Certificate of Completion

Cohort II

Dates

Jul 11, 2026 - Aug 16, 2026

SKILLS LEARNED

Discover Your Toolkit

Key topics and competencies students will acquire and develop during their learning journey.

Investment Advisory Communication

You will gain experience in providing investment advisory services to clients., enhancing your ability to communicate complex financial concepts clearly and comprehensibly. You will learn to tailor investment recommendations to align with clients' specific objectives, risk tolerance, and the prevailing market conditions.

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Value Investing Opportunity Identification

Partner with your Portfolio Manager (PM) to unearth valuable opportunities through astute value investing. You will delve into financial statements, discern trends, and propose investments aligned with this strategy. You will be scrutinizing company health, assessing intrinsic value, and refining investment propositions.

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Quantitative Portfolio Optimization

You will have to optimize a boutique quantitative fund's portfolio within constraints, allocating $1M across ten US equities. This entails applying quantitative techniques, analyzing historical data, and presenting a balanced portfolio that maximizes gains while minimizing risk.

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PROGRAM OUTLINE

Discover Your Weekly Program Journey

Discover Your Weekly

Program Journey

4-week roadmap to define each stage of a virtual work-experience program.

4-week roadmap to define each stage of a

virtual work-experience program.

Week 1

Orientation Week

Get introduced to the program, your mentors, and Perennial. You will learn how an investment company like Perennial operates and begin preliminary research on the program project.

Week 2

Competence Week

You will obtain all the required skills to complete the project. Through a series of skills lectures you will get a fully immersive learning experience and all the adequate skills.

Week 3

Development Week

You are now equipped with the adequate skillset to complete the program. Applying your knowledge onto the project in the context of Perennial and working as a team is the focus.

Week 4

Pitch Week

In your final week you will submit your project for mentor feedback. In the final night you will pitch your project and findings to Perennial representatives and upon completion, receive a referral letter.

Week 1

Orientation Week

Get introduced to the program, your mentors and Perennial. You will learn how an investment company like Perennial operates and begin preliminary research on the program project.

Week 2

Competence Week

You will obtain all the required skills to complete the project. Through a series of skills lectures you will get a fully immersive learning experience and all the adequate skills.

Week 3

Development Week

You are now equipped with the adequate skillset to complete the program. Applying your knowledge onto the project in the context of Perennial and working as a team is the focus.

Week 4

Pitch Week

WHAT OUR STUDENTS SAY

Our Students Success Stories

Discover the inspiring stories of our students who have gained invaluable industry experience.

It was such an exciting program and I felt that I gained skills I would never have got in school. I do think that by doing this I have a much clearer understanding of what I want to do in the future.
Jimmy Z.
Big 4 Program Alumni
I would do this (work experience program) whether I was sure of law or not..I genuinely had so much fun, and the case study was just so interesting! Analyzing a hypothetical, real-like case was so interesting. I would recommend it.
Matteo G.
Dentons Program Alumni
I learned to learn in this process. I had to read and research, and I believe in the university there will be a lot more harder concepts so it definitely helps.
Audrey P.
Ferrari Program Alumni
Overall it’s been very good, I learned a lot about consulting. It was really fun to work in a group to find different kinds of solutions and do research.
Jessie Z.
Big 4 Program Alumni
It’s a starting guide or a starting point for people (students) who are interested in law. Because I recently chose law to pursue as my career, and this program helped me to understand it on a higher level.
Afa
Dentons Program Alumni
The seminars were well-ordered in their complexity and depth so everything is well sorted out until the end. It was a really interesting experience because we got to talk to higher executives from the company as high school students.
Vincent H.
Ferrari Program Alumni
Final pitch was the part I really enjoyed the most. It taught me how to create a proper business proposal. It was a really good process of researching and thinking. It really adds value to my life.
James L.
Big 4 Program Alumni
It’s been very productive. All the module sessions were really helpful to learn what consulting is, it helped me in my pre-college program in Columbia and it shows a direct translation from the program to real-life university experience.
William K.
Big 4 Program Alumni
This program gave me an introduction to engineering and gave me a good start to understand how it works. It exercises teamwork to complete a project which is quite similar to what it’d be like for an actual engineering job!
Caiden H.
Ferrari Program Alumni
To someone who’s unsure if they want to pursue law, this program can provide them a good guidance of whether they can see themselves being a lawyer.
Sourish R.
Dentons Program Alumni
I gained theoretical knowledge and a chance to apply them to real-life situations like building a car. It’s very useful because we don’t experience that in high school.
Tatiana K.
Ferrari Program Alumni
I was always interested in consulting and the Big 4 Consulting Firm program gave me an exceptional opportunity to kickstart my career in the field. Now consulting is a career that I definitely want to go down and I'm excited to continue pursuing it at Columbia!
Anuar B.
Big 4 Program Alumni