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Network hard and you have a shot, have any finance experience?
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Apply to the Horizons program. There was an A&M petroleum engineering kid at one of the top banks in Houston this summer. If you have a 3.5+ you'll have a good shot.
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With a stellar GPA, why not just become a Petroleum Engineer?
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Seems kind of stupid to go to school for a career you aren't interested in especially in an engineering curriculum as those tend to already be hard but if it's for free why not. Just keep in mind that Investment banking only lets in fractions of a percent from target schools (Ivy league type schools) so despite the rhetoric on this site I would temper your expectations.
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Read through these forums and see what you can get out of them. There is a massive amount of information on this subject from people far more qualified than I to guide you on what to do next.
From your post about Petroleum engineering and then IBD I assumed it was a purely money driven chase and my point was don't go to school for something you have no interest in doing, especially if you want wall street because an engineering curriculum is difficult to maintain the high grades necessary to be competitive.
Depends, can you get into Umich, Emory, UNC, NYU, Ivy league? Are you willing to take the risk of forking over a ton of cash for just a shot at making it into IB? What about corporate financial planning at a manufacturing company? Everyone focuses on the top tier wall street jobs but seldom do you hear about the others. Don't get a degree in Finance if you are only interested in IBD, at least that is how I would look at it. Don't rule out consulting either.
If you did your plan and got an MBA down the road and couldn't break into IBD and were either 'stuck' in Energy or Petroleum engineering, would you be happy with that career? A lot of soul searching needs to be done on your end, but the good news is you have a free ride in an awesome curriculum in a field you've stated you have an aptitude in and are either OK/interested in doing the work. Not to mention it is a highly lucrative field in a low cost of living area, you'd need to basically be making double in NYC to even come close to comparing. So it could be a LOT worse, count your blessings. It really sounds like you are already on an excellent track to success.
My only advice would be to look into the Navy's NUPOC and CEC programs, if engineering is something you are interested in. Not that they are better than anything you are currently looking at, its just something you may not have heard about and may qualify for in your current curriculum track.
A&M is the #1 petroleum engineering school in the world. Your workload will be heavier than business school kids, but it's actually one of the easier engineering majors. You'll be fine and will get first round interviews at pretty much every bank in Houston if you have above a 3.5 GPA.
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MMBanker14 is correct. Don't listen to all them Connecticut Yankees commenting. For energy banking in Houston, a Petroleum Engineering degree is better than a finance degree in my opinion.
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