I want to get into IB - but here is my situation...
I went to Southwest Texas back in 2000 and never graduated. I had about 21 hours left, but was running 3 businesses at the time and had to make the decision between my companies and work because I was overloaded. So I dropped out. My GPA was probably around 3.2. Since then I have owned several different company, was the Vice President Sales/Marketing for a large mortgage brokerage shop in Dallas (residential) and then currently the VP of Sales for a commercial property construction company.
I want to get into investment banking bad, but don't have a degree.. but TONS of work experience.
How should I enter and can I even?
Apply for the internship positions? Go back to school at a different college and finish?
I need some good direction.
thanks
If you have enough cash to fund a degree, how about leveraging your experience to do a degree all over again at a target for the BBs etc...?
Alternatively, finish up your degree, and apply to a target b-school to do your MBA. Though your GPA is low, what were your majors? If they were hard majors then that compensates somewhat.
If you sell it right, and get a solid GMAT score, perhaps you can get into a good b-school and once you're done with that, especially if you're at a top 10 or top 15 b-school, it should be that much easier.
Take it from the foregoing that I would personally recommend trying option 2 over option 1.
And of course, do all the usual networking.
You need to, at the very least, go back to school.
3 words of advice: UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS (Austin)---
This is the best school in Texas with the exception of Rice, as a Texan, that degree will do wonders for your future.
But hey, can you really get a whole new other degree, at a university? I didn't know you could do that, like literally wipe the slate clean and start over? Please elaborate.
Finish school and go directly to a nice b school. They will like all your experience
Agree with schumacher - and out of bschool, you will skip the most menial bit in ibanking.
Good luck.
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