No hope, feel so depressed, please help.
Please help on what to do.
I got good SAT and MCAT scores, in 98-99 percentiles, but have shit GPA of 3.1.
Have worked shit jobs, fucked up my life bad.
My concern is that I have worked in shit jobs, and have no hope of getting into high finance.
Should I just go to law school? I took practice LSAT's and did well. Have not done any prep, but if I do, pretty sure I can break into the 98 percentile. Is that the only way forward.
Please understand, I don't really know for 100% sure what I want to do in life. I like the idea of law, and like that I can get a good job. At this point, I have very limited time. Because I know that law firms don't like older people.
In college, I was good at psychology, and english. But fucked up bad in science classes.
So I think I can do well in law school. I wonder if that is the only path for me?
I am thinking, from law, maybe I can lateral over into some finance position? I mean, I think I'd like BigLaw, but if not.
Thank you everyone
You received plenty advice on the duplicate thread you posted earlier. I have seen orphans surviving with zero help in Africa & South East Asia who have more optimism than what I've gathered from your threads.
I didn't have the credentials that you have and did not attend a target school. The reason you didn't break into IB is probably because of your defeatist attitude. There is a FUCK ton of competition. I get emails from students everyday and some of them aren't even in the U.S. There are many many many in the same position you are and if you don't really know what you want to do (thinking about law? thinking about IB?) Why don't you focus on what you enjoy instead of asking someone else to decide your future. That being said if I were you I would attend law school if you can get into the 98th percentile. GL
If students are e-mailing you everyday to network, how do you choose who to respond to?
Just to chime in here, just because you decide not to pursue IB does in no way mean you are not successful. There are plenty of very successful and rich lawyers, along with many successful people in other, more lucrative fields than IB. Chin up, pal
Thanks
98% LSAT . Do yourself a favour and go to Law School.
I have an undergrad GPA lower than yours, at a school where as far as I can tell I am the only alumni to ever have anything in IB on my resume.
It's not over til it's over.
You got an MBA though? Did that help? Thanks a lot.
from an alumni at my school- " recruiters wouldn't even take a look at me because of my school, then I got into CBS. Goldman said they didn't like my background, but besides that I had interviews left and right"
OP how old are you? Have you ever considered the military? Many people have found themselves there, and gone on to be big successes in and outside of the organization. It would open up some serious MBA opportunities, and if you are willing to spend 10 years in the Airforce and the Navy are hurting BAD for pilots. MBA's won't care about your age as much, and bankers love people from there. Just an idea..... but if you are going to bring that negative attitude don't even try.
Hey man I was thinking of that, but I'm 26, and not physically fit. I have a good attitude overall, the post was just overly negative.
I think, my best bet is the law school. I can maybe get a pretty good offer from a T20 maybe, work hard first year and maybe transfer into a better law school. I am good at standardized tests, always did well on them
Sounds like you answered your own question then. Crush the LSAT, get into a T13, call it a career. Best of luck.
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