Crucial decision in 24 H - Help!!!
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I say, keep kicking ass in bio and come up with an awesome story to tell to get into a high-tier MBA school. Skip some of the bullshit and enter at the Associate level.
From reading almost all your posts you seem to actually care about the biology. This isn't a statistics problem to valuate the low risk high reward option, it's your life. That said the safer route is in fact the bio option since you'll have that background to fall back on when recession strikes. But if you have a passion for the markets and an appetite for risk then you would go all in going straight for msf to finance job. Seems to me you want to be on the safe side. Bio route seems like a great choice and its not like you'll be any worse of financially, plus your already proven track record makes it even more obvious. Take the bio route IMO not a tough decision for your situation.
Here is the thing though. I highly dislike working in a lab, or as a scientist, even though it is the most stable option for me. Reason for the internships and major choice, was only because my parents pushed me into it, and I was expected to become a doctor - So, I was simply beefing up my premed portfolio, that's it. I would consider science only as a stepping stone into the finance world / biotech or pharma corporate, and would really not want to do it for rest of my life. I am always willing to take risks, it is just that from looking at WSO forums and talking to people, it seems that entry level positions for an econ BA (lets say 3.7 econ and 3.2 cGPA) are incredibly hard to come by anywhere in financial sector - So, I just don't want to end up jobless and with broken dreams, flipping burgers after graduation.
I also have LOVE for business in general (I know it sounds very broad), and with good communication skills, good number-crunching skills, ability to network like a maniac, and a capitalist mindset (When I look at something - I automatically see it in context of the market, that already says something), I see myself as a perfect fit for finance, and I just stick out from scientists working in the lab like a sore thumb. That is why it's such a tough decision for me.
As a McGill Undergraduate Graduate, if your GPA is not 3.5, you do not stand a chance of getting hired in 'high-finance'. In the end do what you like, but in finance your a$$kissing most of the day anyways and get paid the same as a pharmacist. Go to medical way, but hey, it's your life dude, but transferring to McGill Finance/Econ does not guarantee you anything unless you are a) 3.8 gpa, b) have amazing looks, c) have amazing network, d) etc... In fact, I'd try to get in as a health care analyst with a CFA later on..
So many choices my friend..
And a) if i get 3.7ish in econ (im good at math + checked out the curriculum from textbooks, so I have a very good feeling about econ) b) am good looking (People always say I look a lot like patrick bateman) c. Know how to network and sell myself really well (it is how I got those 2 impressive pharma internships instead of other candidates with way better qualifications) .... Is it still kinda hopeless if my cGPA ends up as ~ 3.1-3.3 as an econ BA with finance / biol minor
So, with the things I've said above, still, does it make more sense to go the science route to corporate / banking, or cut losses now, and go with the econ. I just want to hear perspectives, so that they can help me view the situation from point of view other than mine - So I can make a well-informed decisions (It would be a pretty big one, because I would cut myself off from science forever once in econ OR make entry into finance companies as analyst borderline impossible with ~ 3 Biol major. ) You guys are so helpful. Thanks a Lot in advance!
I am going to lay it on your straight. Coming from a not so great school + low GPA means you have little shot of high finance. Your writing comes off as unsophisticated and you don't seem like you'll fit into the ibanking world. Also, your uncertainty is not a good characteristic for banking.
Your best option is to stick with bio, take finance courses on the side. Then later, you can try for an MBA or to go into equity research. Stick with the bio, though, you'll thank me in 10 yrs.
I thought this would be, you got a girl preggo.. or something along those lines. But this is WSO so I should have expected something like this.
definitely stick to the bio at this point and leverage that to your advantage. also if you can network with an alumni from your school whose taken this route (not necessarily to IB/PE) to the finance/business field, that would be great help to you.
I've read your posts and I think your best bet is choosing whatever is going to yield the best gpa and getting into a master's program in finance or something
Very helpful advises!
DO BIO. > GMAT> MBA>SA>FT ASSOCIATE> GETTING BITCHES> BALLS DEEP SHIT KICKING A$$> PE PLAYA..
I feel that though the Biomed masters --> pharma or biotech --> MBA --> associate path is more stable, it might not be as easy to make each of the steps / transitions as it is to write it on paper. I really don't want to get stuck at the stage of the scientist, because I would really dislike it (Also pharma sales has as a horrible crisis at themoment). So, probably doing econ, and finance courses, and hustling hard right now might just be the best bet for me, despite the GPA trough I'm in right now. I would love to hear opinions on that (12 more hours on my "finnaaal countdown" haha). Still, I'm pretty 50 / 50 right now. Next to me, I have literally every related thread on WSO printed out, as well as MSF, MBA and biomed masters admission criteria, stats on pharma / biotech sales forces, a 2 page list of pros and cons, etc. Intense shit.
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