Is my Low GPA Salvageable?
I'm currently a freshman at a semi-target university (20th-30th in terms of U.S IB recruiting). My goal is IB in NY at a BB/EB. Unfortunately, my grade currently sits at around 74% (not sure what this translates to in GPA). A lot of this grade is due to factors that won't occur again and my grade is way below where my understanding of any of the material is (I'm a first year business student so none of my courses are even hard I just managed to completely fuck myself somehow). I will definitely be able to raise my grades but I'm not sure if its too late to get it up to BB/EB levels. Was wondering if my goal was still feasible. Thanks for any input.
I intend to:
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Completely grind my courses for the rest of the year (Obviously)
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Take summer courses to boost my GPA
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Network extremely hard with older students (especially 3rd/4th years who will be working when I'm recruiting)
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Attempt to land a remote, unpaid search fund internship during the school year (Starting cold emailing this week)
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Land a summer internship in finance
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Continue to be heavily involved at the finance clubs in my school
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Continue to keep up on business news
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Continue to learn finance technicals
Also, if anyone has anything to add to this list that I should be doing, it would be extremely helpful. Thanks
Heavy networking can make up for a allow gpa, and it’s what I’d recommend doing
What types of people would you focus on networking with in 1st year? (Aside from older students)
In a similar situation. bump
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