Need severe help!!!

I am currently a rising sophomore at Northwestern University studying Mechanical Engineering and Economics double major and I currently have a 3.62 GPA. Do I have a shot at recruiting for investment banking? As a side note, my parents work at a small PE shop with AUM of about 300 million in New York.

 

Much like univ apps, Grades are only one point of evaluation, your connections, performance and personality matters much more

 

You have zero chance at anything better than a LMM bank. Any decent firm automatically rejects applications with anything less than a 3.7-3.8 generally.

Maybe if an MD pushes super hard for you, you’ll have a shot at interviewing, but even then, you’ll get weird looks from your interviewers when they eventually see your GPA.

I’d recommend exploring other finance paths.

 

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