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My Scaler Academy Experience: SDE at D.E Shaw Rajdeep Pal

From having an Electronics Background to now landing his dream career at D.E. Shaw. The journey of our Scaler Rajdeep Pal is nothing short o...

From having an Electronics Background to now landing his dream career at D.E. Shaw. The journey of our Scaler Rajdeep Pal is nothing short of inspiring. Presenting his story in his own words.

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The total donations for “general” purposes across seven years and seven elite schools are $37.3 million, which represents 62% of the foundation’s giving over that period. At minimum, experts in higher-education fundraising say, Shaw and Kobliner’s strategy improved their children’s chances of getting into at least one of the country’s top universities. At best, it would allow them to choose whichever blue-chip school they preferred, making selecting a college as easy as ordering from a takeout menu.

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Better Salary at Consulting Firms, Private Equity Firms, Investment Banks or Hedge Funds?

Better Salary at Consulting Firms, Private Equity Firms, Investment Banks or Hedge Funds?

You’ve finished your degree from a prestigious institution. Your CV boasts excellent internships and your family has excellent connections in finance. All of the pieces are in place for you to begin your elite career, but maybe you´re not sure whether consulting, banking, private equity, or hedge funds best fit your salary aspirations. You may find the answers you are looking for in the…

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Extraordinary

I applied to a certain company that describes itself as "extraordinary".  I started looking at synonyms on Wordnet:

S: (adj) bonzer (remarkable or wonderful)

S: (adj) exceeding, exceptional, olympian, prodigious, surpassing (far beyond what is usual in magnitude or degree) "a night of exceeding darkness"; "an exceptional memory"; "olympian efforts to save the city from bankruptcy"; "the young Mozart's prodigious talents"

S: (adj) extraordinaire (extraordinary in a particular capacity) "a woodworker extraordinaire"; "a self-starter extraordinaire"

S: (adj) fantastic, grand, howling, marvelous, marvellous, rattling, terrific,tremendous, wonderful, wondrous (extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers) "a fantastic trip to the Orient"; "the film was fantastic!"; "a howling success"; "a marvelous collection of rare books"; "had a rattling conversation about politics"; "a tremendous achievement"

S: (adj) phenomenal (exceedingly or unbelievably great) "the bomb did fantastic damage"; "Samson is supposed to have had fantastic strength"; "phenomenal feats of memory"

S: (adj) frightful, terrible, awful, tremendous (extreme in degree or extent or amount or impact) "in a frightful hurry"; "spent a frightful amount of money"

S: (adj) great (remarkable or out of the ordinary in degree or magnitude or effect) "a great crisis"; "had a great stake in the outcome"

S: (adj) one, right ((informal) very; used informally as an intensifier) "that is one fine dog"; "a right fine day"

S: (adj) preternatural, uncanny (surpassing the ordinary or normal) "Beyond his preternatural affability there is some acid and some steel" - George Will; "his uncanny sense of direction"

S: (adj) pyrotechnic (suggestive of fireworks) "pyrotechnic keyboard virtuosity"; "a pyrotechnic wit"

S: (adj) rare, uncommon (marked by an uncommon quality; especially superlative or extreme of its kind) "what is so rare as a day in June"-J.R.Lowell; "a rare skill"; "an uncommon sense of humor"; "she was kind to an uncommon degree"

S: (adj) remarkable, singular (unusual or striking) "a remarkable sight"; "such poise is singular in one so young"

S: (adj) some (remarkable) "that was some party"; "she is some skier"

S: (adj) special (for a special service or occasion) "a special correspondent"; "a special adviser to the committee"; "had to get special permission for the event"

S: (adj) wonderworking (performing or able to perform wonders or miracles)