Engineering degree in finance
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on 11/19/10 at 4:26pm
I am hearing a lot about people who break into finance with engineering degrees and i was wondering if these people get interviews only if their gpa is comparable to those in business undergrads (3.8ish). I would assume that these people who have the same opportunities with a 3.4-3.5ish gpa because of the difficulty of the program. Am i wrong?





*Also wondering same thing
*Also wondering same thing about math degrees
You'd be correct, with the
You'd be correct, with the caveat that it depends on the quality of your program and the median GPA there, as well as the caliber of other engineering applicants. If you have other engineers from your target with 3.8+ GPAs applying, obviously a 3.4 would be at a disadvantage relatively to those folks in this one narrow aspect of the applicant evaluation process.
Lesson: It's all relative.
EECS and BioEng double major
EECS and BioEng double major going into finance, when I applied, my GPA was a 4.3
Edit: 4.3 is essentially a 3.3 at other schools, we use a 5.0 system ;)
I come from a top engineering
I come from a top engineering school that's not exactly a banking target (at least when I was there). The only 2 people from our entire university that got a BB NYC internship my junior summer were me and another engineer (no finance people made it), and we both had 3.8+ GPAs. I think the lower the rank your school is in finance, the more impressive an engineering degree is to recruiters. With that said, I don't think our engineering applicants were cut ANY slack when it comes to GPAs. (No one under a 3.7 even got an interview). Again, if your overall school rep is better this may change.
Im also Thinking somewhere
Im also Thinking somewhere like Waterloo (Double Degree Math/Business) or UofT Engineering Science which I hear are pretty good in terms of reputation, but would a 3.5ish gpa suffice for these finance positions?
GPA bar is lower but it
GPA bar is lower but it depends how experienced the recruiter is and how familiar they are with your school.
So would a 3.5 be good enough
So would a 3.5 be good enough from a top 2 engineering school in canada to get some major looks