Business Schools, Wall Street Using Training Boot Camps

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A new trend is developing for business school students - specialized boot camps that teach financial analysis and Excel modeling.

Graduates, for fees that can top $1,000 a day, can take courses to bone up on skills that may have been lacking in their MBA programs, the New York Times reports. Offered by companies such as Training the Street and Wall Street Prop, the boot camps are helping prepare people for high-pressure jobs at firms like Blackstone Group and Goldman Sachs.

All but one of the nation's top 20 business schools use Training the Street, the report says.

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