am i cooked?

I really want to break into ER/AM in Singapore, however as a foreigner in a private uni with no first class honors, I feel like it would be hard for me to break into.

3.4 GPA, recently founded equity research club for my school, networking in & outside of the university. sitting for L1 CFA in November, would that make any difference at all for banks to consider?

any inputs are appreciated

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equitysucker:

No PR, Curtin Singapore


From my experience speaking with Singaporeans in high finance, going to any local uni apart from the big 3 (NUS, SMU, NTU) will make it exponentially harder to break into Singapore IB. Furthermore, the lack of a high GPA doesn't help either. But anything can happen I guess, you'll just have to network as much as you can and really get top tier extra-curriculars. Also, not having permanent residence or citizenship will make it challenging to get hired. I'd suggest looking into IB in your home country.

 

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