Question about finding a FT Job

Ok Im a Sophomore in undergrad and on my current track I will not graduate until Fall (Dec?) 2015. This is because I am doing an internship this summer and plan on doing one next summer. I understand Fall graduation is strange and am wondering how it might affect my prospects of landing a FT offer. Thanks for your insight in advance guys

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Disagree..it will affect you for IBD. Training programs start in June, not January. You can participate in FT recruiting in the Fall, and hope you get a FT offer, but you'll have to explain why it's taking you 4.5 years to graduate and what you plan on doing during your 5 months off between graduation in December and your start date in June.

Other option is to hope for a 1-off type opening, where they are bringing you in off cycle to fulfill a need, rather than bringing you in along with a "class" of analysts

 

Find a way to graduate in May like everyone else.

Because when you're in a room full of smart people, smart suddenly doesn't matter—interesting is what matters.
 

^ I agree completely. I just graduated this past December with a FT offer and I interviewed with multiple banks/boutiques and at F500 companies. No one seemed to care that I was graduating in December and it was understood that many of the programs would be starting this summer. The only issue is finding ways to spend your time for the 6+ months you will have free before your job starts but that does not affect whether or not you can land a FT offer.

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