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A young student who died after working 'crazy hours' as an intern at a top investment bank said he felt 'pressurised' to succeed before his death. German student Moritz Erhardt collapsed in the shower at his student halls in east London just days before completing a grueling internship at Bank of America Merrill Lynch International investment bank division. Mr Erhardt was nearing the end of a seven-week internship with Bank of America Merrill Lynch’s investment division. It has been claimed he had worked through the night eight times in two weeks at the firm’s London office to impress his bosses. In an online portfolio Mr Erhadt told prospective employers that his upbringing taught him to always be driven to be good at everything. He wrote: 'I have grown up in family that expected me, in whatever respect, to excel in life. By implication, I felt somehow pressurizes [sic]. However I did not intend to blie my parents' expectations. Therefore I have become highly competitive and ambitious nature from early on.' Mr Erhardt was discovered by friends at Claredale House in Bethnal Green on Thursday, paramedics tried to resuscitate him but he was pronounced dead at the scene, it is believed that he suffered from epilepsy and could have had a seizure. Friends of the 21-year-old, who had recently completed a study abroad programme at the University of Michigan, claimed he had been forced to work through the night eight times in a two week period in an effort to secure long term work with the firm. | 
