Breaking in to S&T from a non-target school.
Hello everyone,
First poster here. My question is:
I am a student at the University of Tulsa in Tulsa, Oklahoma. We are a top 100 national undergrad university, and we have a solid business curriculum. A am a double major finance/economics with work experience (1 year at a prominent money management firm here in town.) My career goal is to work as a trader in a big city, but I'm concerned about my chances as I don't attend one of the prestigious schools that it seems most of these positions are filled from.
Does anyone have any advice as to what the best way to go about landing a job in the industry would be? I am a good student (GPA: 3.65), president of Finance club, good test scores, etc.,etc. in otherwords I feel that I would be just as qualified as anyone else out there. I have had people tell me everything from "Just move to New York and start knocking on doors" to "Go to a top-tier business school to get recognition". Does anyone with experience know what the best course of action to take is given my situation?
Any opinions or insight would be appreciated.
-shep
There are alot of threads offering advice to non-target students. Try searching through them first and if you don't find what your looking for, ask again.
The quickest answer for you is NETWORKING. Ask about it, read about it, and start doing it.
I'd say suck it up and finish a masters degree from a target school. Most of us that didn't go to a target school didn't go because we were fairly clueless in high school. By the time you figured out what you really wanted to do you realized you may have screwed yourself. That's when it's time to go to a good masters program. At least that’s my plan.
One great way to get noticed on a trading floor is to win at a trading game. There are plenty of trading simulation games out there, and some sponsored by the banks themselves. If you can show that you can outperform other candidates, it will help you get that foot in the door for an interview.
Don't go back to school, mba is a waste for trading.
What year are you? Start networking with alumni and cold calling/emaiingl traders where you want to work. A BB may not happen but you can definitley get a job at MM or boutique bank as a trader/salesman
Tulsa is a great school, I've heard of it and I know a friend who went into energy trading for ConocoPhillips from there. Definitely opportunities to break in. Feel free to PM me if you'd like to chat.
Post is from 2007 guys...
woah, blast from the past...very old thread. wonder if he made it.
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