College advice for AM
Hi guys, I am currently an upcoming High school senior and am interested in managing money. I currently invest 5000 dollars of my own money that i have saved. I have a 3.3 GPA currently (Yes i know it is low. Bad freshman and sophomore year) at a competitive private high school and am taking only a few AP courses. I am Hoping to get a 2k on my SAT but I may not be able to break out of the low 1900 range based on my studying and practice tests that I have been doing. My essay is really original and I know that it will be probably the biggest standout on my college application. I can't tell you the topic because it will reveal too much but just understand that it will be a very strong point. I have great extracurriculars (leader and founder of investment club and I am currently doing a summer internship with a fund manager in town. I have learned a lot from it. My recommendations are going to come from the business teacher at my school who taught me economics, marketing, and hotel business class and from my Math teacher. I will also be getting a recommendation from a close friend of ours who is the Senior vice President at a BB firm. (think WFC, JPM)
1.What do you think the best schools I should apply to are. I know I won't get in to all of them. What do you think the chances of schools like Bentley,Babson, IUBloomington, and places like that accepting me. I don't really know much about any other schools that seem reasonable. Anyone here have any experience at these schools?
2. I also would like some advice on what the best major for me would be when breaking into the field. I really like Economics but I keep hearing about how math/computer/engineer sciency majors are becoming more sought after. Also I hear Finance is a good major as well.
Thanks for your help and sorry for the length. I have been reading a few WSO forum posts lately. Hope you guys can help.
If you have any questions feel free to ask. Would like to hear your opinions.
There goes another childhood.
There goes another childhood.
Talent is hitting a target no one can hit.
Genius is hitting a target no one can see.
Determined: There goes
There goes another childhood.
Haha yes, I know i sound like that kid that wanted to own a Hedge fund at the age of 16
Forgive me for sounding like a douche kid with no life. Believe me I have a life
I just want to prepare my self a little bit here. Be mature here. This is just something I'm interested in.
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Why don't you just do your
Why don't you just do your best and aim for the best college that works for you? We can't tell you where you'll get in, we know almost nothing about you.
Talent is hitting a target no one can hit.
Genius is hitting a target no one can see.
Determined: Why don't you
Why don't you just do your best and aim for the best college that works for you? We can't tell you where you'll get in, we know almost nothing about you.
A valid point
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Come back in 7 months when
Come back in 7 months when you have your acceptence letters and then this board should be able to tell you which school is best. Second come back in 2 years when you have to solidly declare your major. Odds are you are going to change your major at least once and it might turn out you despise finance. Planning ahead is great and all but anything said now is just conjecture.
bearing: Come back in 7
Come back in 7 months when you have your acceptence letters and then this board should be able to tell you which school is best. Second come back in 2 years when you have to solidly declare your major. Odds are you are going to change your major at least once and it might turn out you despise finance. Planning ahead is great and all but anything said now is just conjecture.
thank you, you are right.
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Come on man, a little bit of
Come on man, a little bit of searching around and you find this off Kelley Undergraduate site.
"For fall 2013, you will automatically be offered admission to Kelley prior to entering IU if you meet the criteria below. If you do not meet these criteria, you will not be offered direct admission.
Admitted to IU Bloomington and indicated business as your intended major
ACT composite score of 29 or SAT total of 1270 (including only math and critical reading sections)*
3.7 GPA (on a 4.0 scale)**
*The best available scores from multiple test dates will be considered.
**If weighted gpa is provided on the high school transcript, the weighted gpa will be used."
3.7 Weighted GPA is easy as hell to get. You probably have like a 3.8+ WGPA right now.1270 is also really really low. Thats like getting a 630M 630CR (overall combined if with writing is just 1890). If you get into IU Bloomington, business school will directly offer you admission.
From what I've seen on this forum, IU is the way to go out of the 3.
Dude, you need to focus on
Dude, you need to focus on Prom.
I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass... and I'm all out of bubblegum.
Network, network,
Network, network, network.
Wherever you go to school, try to get a PWM internship at a local office. That sets you up for junior year internship in AM at either a BB or an AM firm. You can leverage what you learned in your internship and connect it to where you see your career going, in order to get the FT offer. On the side, keep your your personal investing and always have stock pitches ready. You never know who you are going to meet.
Remember, AM is an industry where you have to show your passion. Most of the PMs and analysts that I work with, cannot imagine doing anything else. It is clear from your post that you are interested in investing. Keep it up and let us know how you do.