Journey from CC to EB

I thought I would give my story for anyone who might be experiencing or going down a similar path.

To start I have no industry connections going into this and nobody in my family is remotely in finance. I almost failed out of High School; graduated with an absurdly low GPA. Decided to go to a CC to continue my education and found myself failing out of the beginning years of my CC. After 4 years of community college I was able to transfer to a non-target school and that's where the grind really started. I had no idea what IB was but I knew I was interested in finance. I decided to inhale as much information as possible and sent thousands of cold emails for my first internship at a small shop, it was a great first experience and allowed me to understand what finance really was. I wasn't able to land anything for my junior year summer so I delayed my graduation. The following summer I landed myself a role for a non-IB internship. I did not receive a return offer from my junior year role but I kept recruiting. I sent thousands of emails and had hundreds of calls for the last 2 months. Got involved in a multitude of different processes from BBs/EBs/MMs. Couple weeks ago I signed with an EB as a generalist and couldn't be more happy the grind is over. 

I thought I'd share my story with other people who might be discouraged about the position they're in. It is possible to make it to where you want to be; you just have to be willing to put your head down and continue through all the rejections. Recruiting should be treated as a full-time job; it is a combination of luck, determination and preparation.

Happy to answer any questions anyone may have.