While Wall Street Prep (WSP) is primarily a premium, paid platform used by top-tier investment banks like Goldman Sachs and J.P. Morgan, it offers several highly regarded free resources for students and career changers. 1. Free Video Courses & Tutorials

If you move beyond the free offerings, the paid courses (often around $499 for the Premium Package) provide more intensive, structured training:

“It’s a false economy,” warns a former Wall Street Prep instructor. “The models change. Tax laws change. The keyboard shortcuts evolve. You’re memorizing history, not learning the craft.”

, often hosted on YouTube, provides a step-by-step guide to building integrated financial statements from scratch. This "learning by doing" approach allows students to: Master Excel Essentials

B. Aswath Damodaran (NYU Stern)

Professor Damodaran is the "Dean of Valuation." His entire NYU course (videos, spreadsheets, data) is available for free online. Search: "Damodaran online valuation course." It is far more academic than WSP, but if you can master his free materials, a WSP course becomes remedial.

7 Free Financial Modeling Lessons: You can gain instant access to these video lessons taught by experienced investment bankers directly on the Wall Street Prep website.

How to Maximize These Free Courses

Signing up is easy, but getting value requires strategy. Here is how to turn these free resources into a job offer:

Legitimate 100% Free Alternatives to Wall Street Prep

If your budget is genuinely zero, you can still learn the same skills. You just won't get the "WSP Verified" certificate. Here are the best free substitutes:

By the time you complete those three steps, you will have received a "Wall Street Prep free" education worth more than most $200 online courses. And when you finally land that IB internship? You can expense the full WSP Premium Package then.