Getting into investment banking as an African.
I am currently looking to start my undergraduate program in the US are there any pointers from an international African student who is planning on getting into investment banking.
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- Sort out your visa issues right from the start, look for a reasonable avenue from CPT/OPT to H1b and G/C. (I am assuming that intl. students are studying in the US in order to stay; apologies if that isn't correct). your intl. students office will help you here.
- Your educational background will have better and worse areas compared to what others have done; identify those and improve in the weak areas (can be technicals or anything else)
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