Stay extra semester for addl. accounting major?
Hello,
First of all, thank you in advance to anyone who can provide any insight. My background is as follows:
-Attend a non target private school -Finance Major (econ minor) -3.6 GPA (plan to work my ass off to get it up to 3.7+) -Rising senior -Currently working at a one office, small M&A/cap raise shop in Chicago -Extensive aviation background (1000 hours as a fight instructor at 19 years old, one of the youngest in the country at the time). -Interviewed with GS, BAML, RBCCM, William Blair, and a few other banks last semester for SA.
edit: I should also add, the reason I am considering this is because I do enjoy accounting. I wouldn't want to audit as a career, but I've always done well and enjoyed the challenge of my accounting classes, and I know it would serve me well in this career path.
I am trying create the best success strategy going forward a couple options on the table:
1) Stay at my school another semester (graduate December 2017 instead of May) and get an added accounting major, would graduate Accounting/Finance. Therefore, I would apply for SA positions again.
2) Plan to graduate in May 2017 and apply for FT analyst positions at many banks in Chicago, and NY
3) If I dont get any FT analyst positions: Graduate 2017, Finance Major, 3.7 GPA Magna Cum Laude (Lord Willing), with possible equity research internship in the pipeline in the spring added to resume. Then apply for FT analyst in Fall 2017, with these added credentials as a boost.
Thank you again to anyone who can provide any insight or weigh in on these strategies.
Honestly, your time would be better spent figuring out what went wrong in those SA interviews and then working to address this. If you goal is IB, there are much more important criteria for being hired (e.g. high GPA, previous experience) than being a double major.
Couldn't have said it better. Your GPA is already pretty high, and it sounds like you're pretty interesting on paper, so something definitely went amiss in those interviews unless the other candidates were just "better"
Appreciate the thoughts, I'll work on it
People who went through US recruiting may be able to discuss the risk you put yourself at by going into an off-cycle recruiting position.
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