respectable title vs high gpa please help
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How about you just don't do poorly and forget about making excuses?
what?
Something helpful would be muchos appreciated. I know GPA vs difficulty of your major has been discussed to death, but I need some help in the specific situation. Thanks
I honestly don't mean to offend but if you are failing so many classes you might want to take a good hard look at the dedication and work ethic it takes to work in this industry. Another thing to keep in mind is networking/internships (even unpaid or at smaller firms) are SO important that you need to allocate time and resources to them as well. My suggestion is to go for the economics/finance major, but before you do you really should take a look at your priorities and figure out what you were putting ahead of your school when you gassed that semester. You can do well in any subject as long as you actually apply yourself. You don't want to look back in 20 years and think how you could have done anything you wanted if you had only tried harder.
Good luck and HIT THE BOOKS.
I will definitely get serious about that.
So you are having difficulties choosing between a beautiful title lol and higher GPA ?
Yes, double honours in econ and finance is very highly respected. Out of 25 graduating each year, 10 + students always land wall st. Rest do bay st. or top JD programs. And the few with bad GPAs, usually end up in government.
econ and finance doesn't impress much harder than just econ.
So you think it's better to have a higher GPA with a major (which has MINIMAL math - just algebra) + finance minor than lower GPA with double honours in econ and finance (very mathy, and way more challenging.) Also, only 25 kids graduate the honours program each year (thus, seems exclusive)
They have econ majors with just algebra? How do they teach intermediate micro with just algebra?
i am not impressed by this supposed exclusivity. get yourself out early, save some time and money.
FACT: mcgill is not a target and canadian banks dont give a fuck about econ majors
Its a target for Bay street. And I agree about the econ majors, thus the dilemma. If econ majors weren't dime a dozen, there would be no dilemma, and I would obviously go for a higher GPA.
why not just take on the double honors major and do well? i really don't see why this isn't an option. high grades are by no means impossible, just put more fucking time in. you're at school to learn and set yourself up for your future. how you failed an entire semester is just fucking ridiculous. stop thinking about getting Bs and get some fucking As.
Ya, haha, I know about the F's. I didn't show up for exams because I was actually sick. But upon further questions by university admin I got aggravated, and sent rude replies. To say the least, I didn't spark much sympathy, and I wasn't withdrawn from semester. However, faculty understands that I just fucked up on anger management, which is why they consider deleting that semester if my performance is good. it's just that dealing with bozos in HR is very frustrating. PS Champ attitude! respect
Didn't mean to sound like a dick, but what I meant was: don't waste time worrying about the exactly perfect way to achieve something. Both options sound fine and you should just work on doing what you can once you make a decisions and pursue something. Don't look back and just work hard. It's not that I'm this really experienced banker (EDIT: I'm still in undergrad) or anything, but I've been in your shoes before and have to continually fight the urge to worry about 'divining' a perfect path. I mean look at my previous posts from a year ago, I really had no idea what IB etc. was, but here I was asking if my resume was good enough to get me in which at that point really wasn't.
So just focus on what you can control, fight the impulsive urge to evaluate every single aspect of a decision (not saying be irrational or anything) and hope everything turns out okay, it did so far for me.
So, i guess all that matters really is the high GPA not the name or difficulty of the program ...
dude, right now it looks like you can barely pass your classes. you need to be worried less about banking and more about taking the easiest classes possible to get your failed semester off the record.
Just hit the books, I had a terrible first year (2.9), but since then have had 3.75 and 3.703. Go big, get the prestige but do it well. Take pride in what you're learning and try to be the smartest and the best. If you get through the double honours you can feel like you're ready for anything and one of the smarter graduates in the industry. You're paying to go to school (I think, idk how Canadian schools work), so get the most that you can out of it. Also, if you take more math etc, you'll be better prepared for your prospective job and/or grad schools.
PM me, I know some guys who graduated from McGill Joint Honours & Economics, not all of them turned out the way you are saying. For those saying to get good marks in this program, it's really hard.. most people drop out, I think there is 1 3.8 GPA student a couple 3.6-3.7, and the rest is beneath.. from what I've heard it's nothing like the BCOMM program..
I also heard that being in the program is not everything.. you need to network too, because JHE is not guaranteed job.. take that into consideration..
not everyone gets sick jobs as u say from the program too bro.
PM me, I know some guys who graduated from McGill Joint Honours & Economics, not all of them turned out the way you are saying. For those saying to get good marks in this program, it's really hard.. most people drop out, I think there is 1 3.8 GPA student a couple 3.6-3.7, and the rest is beneath.. from what I've heard it's nothing like the BCOMM program..
I also heard that being in the program is not everything.. you need to network too, because JHE is not guaranteed job.. take that into consideration..
not everyone gets sick jobs as u say from the program too bro.
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