total non-traditional

My interest in finance was piqued in '07 when I read about the impending troubles due to the housing crisis/bubble/etc in The Economist. Long story short, what went from an interest turned to an all out passion. I decided to return to school (when I graduated from HS I attended college for about 2 years with a terrible GPA hence Major GPA on Resume), study finance. I have and continue to be a sponge for anything and everything related.

With that said, as I prepare to graduate this December with eyes set on a MBA and/or my first voyage outside an industry I have worked and succeeded in since I was a teenager, I am having difficult conveying my true interst and passion for finance in general as well as my interest and desire to work in debt markets/FI/derivatives given that these were what set down this path I am currently on.

The problem is of course (please see my resume, provide any feedback) is that I come from a non-target, have no finance experience and know very very people in the industry. Never mind the fact that I live in Seattle!

I am looking at a MBA as I have a fair amount of solid work-experience and am hoping that I can utilize that to help make up for other areas that are lacking. It may also give me an opportunity at an internship or two to prove an interest in finance.

Along those lines, other hurdles are a heavy amount of debt that I accumulated my first year back at school when the economy was truley in the tank and I was making a third of what I needed to survive as well as the fact that I will be getting married late next July and that date has been set, deposits have been made etc which I believe will put a wrench in any possible summer internship if I am pursuing my MBA.

Thoughts?...Suggestions??...I will be more than happy to take the good with the bad; the optimistic and encouraging comments with the pessimistic "Good f*ckin' luck dude!" comments

Thanks

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