Getting Into IB as a Horrible Student
As the title says. Horrible Undergraduate Canadian student, no ivey, studied in west canada. Currently re-applying into university because they kicked me out due to low grades. My overall GPA is around 2.0 at the moment. Mostly took classes in biology, chemistry, organic chemistry thinking I could become a doctor (major fail lol). Trying to get into Computer science now, might take some finance courses as a minor.
Despite all of this, I have been very interested in stock market since I was 16. Opened my brokerage account at the age of 17, now 21 years old and since I opened the account I have beaten SP500 index consistently every year by a minimum of 7%. Many of my friends studying finance in university don't even have trading accounts, let alone have the ability to speak to me coherently about investments and trading.
The market fascinates me more than anything I can think of, I sit all day and watch the market and make trades, there's nothing that gets my dick harder than good returns. Sometimes stay up till 3/4AM just reading, analyzing charts, reading about crashes that occurred in the 20th century, etc. Everything about it is so beautiful.
I realize my chances are near 0% to make it into I-Banking. Which is stupid that they consider these moronic useless classes (organic chemistry and ecology for example which I failed because I had no interest in re-hydrating salts in the lab that shit is useless to me or counting the number of pinecones in a forest, how fucking stupid is that???).
But if anyone could identify a way for me to make it into bay street i-banking (or wallstreet lol ya right) that would be great. Even if I can't make it I know I'll continue trading for my entire life I fucking love it.
IB really has nothing to do with trading
In hind sight this was a stupid post. I can assure you with 100% confidence that not a single person in my position has every, or ever will for that matter, make it into any form of investment banking with poor educational background. To any kids who ever come across this post in the future, give up, its not happening, figure out another way to make your money. At this point I will focus on my own investment portfolio, and finding a job with stable income to help fund my trading habits until I decide I no longer need to work for someone else and be their bitch. Take care WSO.
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You have to try pretty hard to get kicked out. Why didn't you switch to easier courses/finance/econ if you were doing so poorly? It would have complimented your trading acumen at least.
False hope in eventually becoming doctor. Funny how if I still wanted to I could pay some shit Caribbean school a quarter million dollars and still wind up a crap private practice family doc somewhere in rural alabama if I was so inclined with my shit GPA.
I know some kids that went to Caribbean medical schools and they are honestly some of the dumbest people I've ever met. I would not trust them with my health. I know what you mean about people valuing all courses the same. They see you with a 75 in Advanced Micro- and Nano-Fabrication Technologies as an idiot who can't get a A and an arts kid with a 90 in Ass Fisting 101 as someone worthy because ???????????. Whatever, it's the way things are.
Anyways, if I were you I would try to get into another university and not take courses you find difficult (like Ass Fisting 101, easy A). Basically starting over. No one in any field is going to take a college drop-out. Shitty, but its the truth.
IB != trading. Also just a side not...but your 7% doesn't mean shit if you aren't risk adjusting the return.
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