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Broke in with a 2.9 (yes I know, I had a shit gpa, lots of personal and health related reasons). I broke in in a better market. Right now shits very very hard and your gpa is gonna tank you. Are you at a target school? The mba route may be better where gpa isn’t as big of a deal.
lol how tf u make it past resume screening with 2.9, either nepo or god tier networking
The second, no nepo. Broke in after undergrad undergrad and broke in as a lateral. It wasn’t easy because more than half the lateral processes were bs.
MBA in the US, especially for M7 or T20 is better than MBA in Canada, if OP keeps up his GPA for the remaining semesters and get a good GMAT score then first year low GPA could be explained to admissions committee. There are way more opps for MBA grads in the US and pay also tends to be higher whereas in Canada I've seen some MBA grads start at the analyst level.
Imo you could try to get into a boutique and then lateral. It all depends on the job market which isn't great now. I've legit seen people with low gpa working in non-IB roles who managed to lateral to big 5 when things were good. Try Scotia people with shit grades sometimes get internships there lol
Sounds good. Appreciate the help.
But as for my internships, will they look good for IB recruiting on my resume?
Or should I go for search funds or boutiques instead
He needs to kill the GMAT. I’ve seen people with 2.0 GPA’s get into these top MBA programs, even people with multiple F’s on their transcripts. The GMAT matters a ton along with work experience,letters of recommendation, and NFP work.
You won't get Big 6 IB and above level roles but can always aim lower and try to lateral. Not just small boutique IBs but also other CM roles.
What is ‘big 6 IB ?’
BMO CIBC RBC TD NB Scotia
Gosh, I hate posts like these - yes, it will be infinitely harder with such a low GPA to land - but if you build up 3-4 great connections at each bank, know techs lights out (I'm talking not a single wrong -> it's not that hard), have some pretty great market knowledge and maybe some deal experience you can speak to - why not? If you make it to a 1R, which in Canada I'd say is one of the hardest if not the hardest part of the process, and you come off as someone extremely smart, great story/behavs - then yes you have a chance
Saying "you won't get big 6" is such a big generalization and is just unhelpful. While I haven't seem someone did it with a sub 3, I've seen 4 non-target friends secure SA positions with low 3 GPA's.
Come off as smart, extremely polished, curious, have a great story and absolutely focus on networking
I hate posts like these too - yes it's doable but as you've said it's extremely hard and only very few manage. I'm not saying to give up but having gone to a semi target personally, I've seen way too many non-qualified students be arrogant and think they deserve big 6 while having an extremely poor resume. Most are just not good enough, have poor networking abilities, poor knowledge of the industry/role/markets, and the GPA reflects all these poor qualities in general. Yes some are outliers where they have everything else down and just the GPA is poor but more often than not, there's a strong correlation. Best approach for those with poor GPA imo would be to take a moment to be really objective on where on the scale they stand vs peers, and if they're confident in making up on all other factors to go for it but to always recruit for a back up as well (ie big 4 and below even).
Del
That’s why he’s just gotta do the MBA. They don’t care as much about gpa just can’t do make the same mistakes in undergrad with the gmat.
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