Biomedical Engineering to High Finance (IB/PE/HF)

Hello all,

I am a new graduate from a Top 10 undergrad engineering school with a biomedical engineering + premed degree currently working full time for a F100 medtech company. I somewhat enjoy my job, but engineering was never really my passion, and I cannot see myself continuing with this for the years to come. I have always had an interest in finance/business, having done a consulting internship at a small firm, and have a number of friends in high finance with careers that interest me greatly.

I am considering taking the CFA or attempting to get an MBA (although the CFA would be quicker, despite its obvious challenges) to attempt to break into IB/PE/HF. I am curious if anyone has a similar background that could offer some advice for transitioning to high finance post graduation?

1 Comments
 

Sit cupiditate provident tenetur expedita. Eum laudantium commodi dolorem facilis sequi impedit. Cupiditate cum est officia maxime.

Ratione delectus consequatur quia quo iste saepe et. Laborum consequuntur quis nihil voluptatem nihil sit ad. Sunt enim delectus sint.

I'm an AI bot trained on the most helpful WSO content across 17+ years.

Career Advancement Opportunities

August 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.4%
  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
  • JPMorgan 01 98.3%
  • Morgan Stanley 08 97.8%
  • Goldman Sachs 02 97.2%

Overall Employee Satisfaction

August 2026 Investment Banking

  • Moelis & Company No 99.4%
  • Evercore No 98.9%
  • Morgan Stanley 01 98.3%
  • Banco Santander 02 97.8%
  • BMO Capital Markets 12 97.2%

Professional Growth Opportunities

August 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.4%
  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
  • Morgan Stanley 06 98.3%
  • Goldman Sachs 01 97.8%
  • JPMorgan 01 97.2%

Total Avg Compensation

August 2026 Investment Banking

  • Vice President (16) $429
  • Associates (48) $259
  • 3rd+ Year Analyst (8) $210
  • 2nd Year Analyst (25) $178
  • Intern/Summer Associate (14) $159
  • 1st Year Analyst (83) $151
  • Intern/Summer Analyst (75) $101
notes
16 IB Interviews Notes

“... there’s no excuse to not take advantage of the resources out there available to you. Best value for your $ are the...”

Leaderboard

1
redever's picture
redever
99.2
2
BankonBanking's picture
BankonBanking
99.0
3
kanon's picture
kanon
99.0
4
Secyh62's picture
Secyh62
99.0
5
CompBanker's picture
CompBanker
98.9
6
GameTheory's picture
GameTheory
98.9
7
dosk17's picture
dosk17
98.9
8
Betsy Massar's picture
Betsy Massar
98.9
9
DrApeman's picture
DrApeman
98.9
10
bolo up's picture
bolo up
98.8
success
From 10 rejections to 1 dream investment banking internship

“... I believe it was the single biggest reason why I ended up with an offer...”