GPA for Recruiting

Rising Sophomore at Princeton/Wharton/Harvard/Yale and wanted to recruit for hedgefund, PE, and investment banking roles but I got a D in a class which brought my GPA to a 3.6 cause a tenured prof didn’t let me take the final. Is it even worth attempting to recruit for top IB/HF roles anymore? I assume I’m kind of fucked. Any advice on what I should do to still eventually land good offers for 2029/30 summer and FT?

Worth recruiting next sem?

Yes
83% (5 votes)
No
17% (1 vote)
Total votes: 6
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