Feeling Lost - Advice?
Hey guys, rising junior at a target (HYPSM) here. I'm currently going through the S25 internship application grind and could use some guidance.
Some context: male, non-diversity, hard STEM major w/ 3.9+ GPA. Don't want to dox myself but currently doing academic work at my uni this summer. No industry internship experience. Just really not sure what I want to and/or can do with my life. I never really wanted to do IB, but went through a prestige-whore phase this winter and ran the race anyways: struck out, that's okay. But I'd really appreciate some help directing my search from here on out. Practicing casing for the upcoming consulting cycle but haven't had luck with that so far either. Also think the lifestyle might not be for me (hours, travel, etc.) I think something like analytics or SWE sounds cool, but I honestly don't think I could get to a sufficiently advanced programming level by the deadlines (currently struggle w/ leetcode mediums). Grad school or academia sounds nice intellectually, but the pay would just kill me.
Maybe WSO isn't even the right place for this post. But I'm 100% open to anything in the finance and business realms that you guys think I might be a good candidate for and some internet strangers said this was a good place to ask. What would you do in my position?
Genuinely curious - How do you “strike out” at a HYPSM?
If you're asking that, I assume you don't go to one of them. This site would have you believe the name of your school is a golden ticket, but that is certainly not the case.
I attend a Non-US Target, hence “genuinely curious”.
Good luck bud
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