Hi everyone,
I have been following this forum for a while now, almost two years, but this is the first time I have decided to post.
I am a freshman at a non-target Liberal arts college which offered me money, had a choice of picking Dartmouth, but no way of paying for it, so I had to go with this. I really want to work in IB, specifically M&A. Without going into specific details, as you don't care about them, had my share of working 100 hour weeks (not in finance), am willing to do whatever it takes, sacrifice everything (just like everyone and their mother).
Columbia has a 3-2 program (3 years at my school, 2 years at Columbia for 2 Bachelor's) in Financial Engineering. Although it would probably be useless to me in getting into IBD, I want to have the Columbia pedigree and access to Columbia's network. Should I do it? It's five years, but Columbia is Columbia, and it's an additional Junior year (internships)
What do you guys think? Some advice from people in the industry would really be useful.
I appreciate your time.
Thank you kindly in advance.
All other things being equal (grades, internships, networking), Columbia >>>>>>>>> local school
You can pay off your somewhat higher student loans with the better job
Case closed, thanks for playing, good luck
breaking in from a non-target ABSOLUTELY can be done. The things you have going for you:
-Obviously if you have been reading WSO and thinking about it for a while you have some drive -you have tons of time since you are a freshman -hopefully you have been working/etc
I come from a non-target and broke in by taking the time to Network, Network, Network
PM me for specific q's, happy to help
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