~3.6 GPA enough for BB/EB?
Hello,
Title explains it all. I basically spent my freshman year dicking around (skipping classes to travel + party + chasing girls) and the realisation that I might have sand bagged myself too hard for IB is kicking in. I go a west coast target, (UCLA/USC/Stanford/UC Berkeley) and was hoping to target NYC. My projected GPA (With fall 26 combined) is going to be around a 3.6.
With this knowledge is it still plausible to land a solid seat at a BB/EB? Assuming if I work my ass off of course
Bump
Uphill battle, especially at those schools where most banks that target them are boutique/very selective; getting into New York is also not easy from those schools - you compete with everyone already on the east coast, ivies (which target NY first) and so on. I'd aim for lateral-friendly positions, focus on building internship experience, and you should definitely shoot your shots, but, coming from someone from UVA/Umich/Notre Dame/NYU, I saw a "soft" cutoff of 3.9 for most good IB roles, with every cracked role in my school going to 4.0s
Although, maybe if you're in an access group (top finance club at your school with strong alumni, Girls Who Invest, etc.) you have a better shot
Might be the dumbest thing I ever seen if you go to a semi/target you need a 3.5 to get a look and 3.7 to get virtually any look
As someone who HAD a 3.8; truly just false man
Why are ross and stern grouped with notre dame and uva brother
DO NOT let people online say you cannot do it. I went to one of those schools (not Stanford) and had the same GPA and got my dream offer at bank that is allegedly S-tier according to rankings on this site. You simply can not let people say you won't make it. DM if you want.
How many girls did you bang freshman year
I'd say on average 1 every other week, but at that point I was genuinely getting disgusted with myself.
Not bad kid, I’d give you a 1R
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Congrats on UCLA
Congrats on UCLA/USC
Networking is the equalizer. I had a 3.6 going into junior year from a school barely considered a semi target on here, was a private credit analyst at a mega fund out of school. No nepo connections, just lots of cold emails/linkedin dms until I got a referral. Killed the interviews, got the job.
3.5 is cut off. You’re fine
yes landed an eb with 3.62. and went to stanny. cheers mate.
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