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With enough canvassing on this forum, all of these questions will be sufficiently answered. Truly, just about everything you asked has been covered in the last year. Good luck.

 

Go straight for a finance undergrad, 3.5+ GPA required for program I believe. You should aim for a 3.8+ to be as competitive as possible.Aggressively network with PSU alumni on the street and work hard to into Lion Capital. Take any SA role you can get related to IB whether its ER or Valuations to get your foot in the door if you can't secure an IB SA role!

 

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