Old medical student changing careers. How f****d am I?

So, I am a medical student in Brazil in a top-ten medical school here. I'm am currently 23 years old, recently graduated, but only finished my major due to family pressure. Dislike medicine. Actually planning on going to top business school around here in Sao Paulo, and getting a job in IB. Thing is, I'm pretty old. I'm graduate at what? 27 years old? That's about the average age for a first or second-year associate, right?

So, suppose I was a guy from a target school with 3.9 GPA in the US. How much would I be harmed in the interviews due to the fact that I'm a 27 year old dude looking to get into an analyst position?

I'm asking this at a massively London/NYC-focused forum because I imagine the culture should be far more competitive and unforgiving with any minor deviances - like older age - than in São Paulo. So, let's be pessimistic.

 

My old roommate also did medical school but hated medicine by the end of it. Instead of doing his residency he got an internship at a biotech consultancy where he learned financial analyst and excel skills, etc. Now's he's on his second job as a senior equity research analyst. He was almost 30 when he made this move. Basically you'd want to leverage your existing science knowledge.

 

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