IBanking Internship w/out econ/business-related undergrad & grad in NYC?
This week, I moved near NYC after my 1st year of an MSc at Oxford in pharmaceutical development/science in order to complete my research on brain-related drugs. We're able to perform our research remotely for my course, by the way. And, I'm seeking an internship specific to healthcare & pharmaceutical I-banking in NYC but curious how to best go about doing so after spending the Summer researching finance and studying for the Series 7 amongst other related ECs.
So, and I'd appreciate it, what advice and/or suggestions would you have regarding the above? While I don't have a background in business/economics, I do, however, have quite an extensive knowledge base of pharmacology and what makes pharmaceutical companies successful, as well as a BS in biochemistry from UCLA, ~5 years patient care experience, and strong quantitative skills, but I imagine that I'm competing with people having more finance-related degrees.
Thanks for reading and in advance for your advice and/or suggestions.
Strong quant skills you say?
Have you thought about trading?
I have, actually, and spoke with a shop today as well as started researching the series 7 & 63. If it is of any significance, too, I enjoy cold calling and can pitch just about anybody.
Anyhow, most pharmaceutical companies are fairly closely linked with stocks and their analysts. Would you think its a smarter move to pursue trading first over IBD, and do you think it'd be easier to land an internship and/or become a stock broker trainee over an IBD intern?
No no no (sarcastic tone), who said anything about insider trading? (jokingly laugh). We, are all, ALL, honest business people! (Joker laugh).
Kidding aside, cold-calling loses its meaning after awhile and you get burned out. My first job out of high school was in Sales, and of course, Telemarketing.
Kind of interesting you went hard-science for schooling, though. If you get accepted into a position, the company generally pays for your licensing (or should).
I know some pretty tricky cough cough not inside stuff about quite a few companies, though (e.g. regulatory developments, etc). But seriously, it'd be awesome to be a trader... hard science was tough, yeah, and I regret not doing business/econ, but it's given me a good preparation for navigating some fairly complicated areas and relating with MDs, PhDs, and others with similar backgrounds.
Arguably speaking, any engineering role requires a MS degree these days if you want a strong starting salary + good work hours. Product Test Engineering can be fun if you ever tried it.
Problem with business degrees is that unless you attended a top school + internship, it's an uphill battle to the finish line. Finishing a science degree is rather cool, for what it's worth.
Business school is needed these days, but you need to attend a top program to break in, fml.
B school is pretty much the only way in now.
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