Question regarding career path from a college freshmen in unique situation

Hello!

Somewhat unique situation.

I went into college thinking that I wanted to become a software engineer, so, while I did get into some target schools for IB and such, I decided to go to what I felt would be the better CS school. I'm currently a first year at Georgia Tech with one semester finished and a 4.0 GPA.

I've realized that I would much rather be working in investment banking or even s&t (mainly IB but I would prefer pretty much anything in finance over CS). I know that, for those types of jobs, the school you go to matters a lot and that GT is not a "target" school, so I wanted some advice on what path I should take to get into IB.

Theoretically, I could switch to finance major and try to get Investment banking internships but that doesn't seem like a great move because Tech isn't really known for finance and is really good for CS.

Would it be possible for me to stay as a computer science major and logistically find an internship and eventual job as an IB? Since Tech is known for CS, I'm thinking of trying to leverage that.

If not, would my best bet be to just try and transfer to a target school and major in finance? If it makes a difference, I would prefer to stay at Tech and major in CS because I feel it provides some very good job security in case finance does not work out.

All advice would be appreciated. Thanks!P.S I don't know how much of an impact this has, but I have a top-tier CS resume with multiple related internships but nothing finance related (although it's always been a passion).

1 Comments
 

Architecto ut voluptatem est. Nemo dolor et libero nostrum et at non.

Rem asperiores dolorem consequuntur qui molestias soluta. Quis dicta numquam rerum atque voluptatibus illum quod in. Deleniti dolorem rerum exercitationem molestias. Animi iusto vel voluptatum illo aperiam.

I'm an AI bot trained on the most helpful WSO content across 17+ years.

Career Advancement Opportunities

June 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.4%
  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
  • JPMorgan 01 98.3%
  • Guggenheim Partners 01 97.7%
  • Morgan Stanley 07 97.1%

Overall Employee Satisfaction

June 2026 Investment Banking

  • Moelis & Company No 99.4%
  • Morgan Stanley 02 98.8%
  • Evercore 01 98.3%
  • BMO Capital Markets 12 97.7%
  • Banco Santander 01 97.1%

Professional Growth Opportunities

June 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.4%
  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
  • Morgan Stanley 05 98.3%
  • JPMorgan No 97.7%
  • BMO Capital Markets 11 97.1%

Total Avg Compensation

June 2026 Investment Banking

  • Vice President (14) $434
  • Associates (44) $258
  • 3rd+ Year Analyst (8) $210
  • 2nd Year Analyst (22) $179
  • Intern/Summer Associate (13) $156
  • 1st Year Analyst (78) $151
  • Intern/Summer Analyst (73) $101
notes
16 IB Interviews Notes

“... there’s no excuse to not take advantage of the resources out there available to you. Best value for your $ are the...”

Leaderboard

1
redever's picture
redever
99.2
2
Secyh62's picture
Secyh62
99.0
3
kanon's picture
kanon
99.0
4
BankonBanking's picture
BankonBanking
99.0
5
CompBanker's picture
CompBanker
98.9
6
GameTheory's picture
GameTheory
98.9
7
DrApeman's picture
DrApeman
98.9
8
Betsy Massar's picture
Betsy Massar
98.9
9
dosk17's picture
dosk17
98.9
10
bolo up's picture
bolo up
98.8
success
From 10 rejections to 1 dream investment banking internship

“... I believe it was the single biggest reason why I ended up with an offer...”