FT recruiting w a 3.6 GPA
Past summer was a top buyside firm and planning on re recruiting. Firm is very well known/prestigious but wondering much a 3.6 GPA will screw me over given the market at this point.
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If your not diversity or target yes it will hurt you
Not ideal but once you are working full time your work experience will be the main factor. I have a 3.6 and nobody brought it up but it probably hurt me somewhat in resume screens.
Yeah, just sort of let my GPA go but realized I didn’t like the buyside spot I was working at mid way through the internship and did not realize how badly the job market is so I’ve been really stressed, especially since I turned down the return.
wouldn't it have been easier to just suck it up and then lateral out?
It doesn't help. If you're at a top target you get a little more leeway, but FT recruiting is sooo limited this year that they're looking for any reason to ding people
I see you turned down the return... probably not a good idea in your situation (I would have at minimum waited until it expired and hustled my butt off to get interviews before it expired) but best of luck
Feel like a dumbass now, but the place was one of these spots BX/KKR/Citadel CAP/DESCO in terms of prestige, which I hope helps me, just do not want to end up at EY or something, (no hate)
Yeah I would be networking your absolute ass off right now... honestly if the offer was that good I might consider asking for it back depending on how much you're willing to embarrass yourself... I get not loving your group/situation but it is exceedingly difficult to land BB/EB for FT in such a down market - I'm sure you are a competitive candidate if you were able to land such a great SA, but with how low return offers were, banks are going to have next to no spots this season.
I went to a Semi-Target and have a 3.5 (Also was in a pretty difficult major on a pre-doctorate path, I am non-diversity male) but all of that being said I got interviews pretty much everywhere and landed an offer at 2 EB, 1 MM, 2 BB and then quit the processes for the additional banks I was interviewing with.
This was last year when the market was similar to where it is now (it is a bit worse than now so I don’t know if I would have the same amount of offers). I did a buy side gig for my SA stint and never did banking. Hardest part of interviewing was explaining “Why IB?” given I was pretty much in a role that people exit out of IB for.
I feel like this site exaggerates GPA requirements. If you have a rounded 3.5 or better you’re good for literally any role in high finance. If you have a 3.5 in Finance then I would personally ding that candidate (unless they had a solid reason for that GPA or work experience that is unique) because finance is a major designed for 3.9+ GPAs with slightly above average effort. However, if you have a 3.5 in a very STEM-intensive major you will be looked at just as much as the 3.9+ Finance major from my experiences on both sides of the table in IB and now having a “prestigious” PE offer
Damn bro this gives me so much hope lol. I would be in a similar situation but I have a 3.8 diversity at non-target.
Can you pm me?
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