What are my odds/best course of action
I am an upcoming Jr. at a respected liberal arts school in Illinois (non-target) and I recently just switched my major from pre-medicine to Finance and Economics with a minor in accounting. I been interested in Finance my whole life as I have family at the CBOT and always loved the environment their.
I currently have a 3.78 GPA and a 4.0 in all my business classes. I am working at trying to get a 3.85 ending GPA. I did pretty good in my science classes with my worst grade being an A- in Organic Chemistry and some bio classes. All my business professors love me and I even got some scholarships since switching from professor recommendation for being a highly motivated student. I am in SGA, leadership roles in fraternity, and a leadership job on campus.
My school is on a trimester system and the classes I am taking next term are Intermediate Economics, Intermediate Accounting 1, Computer Science 1, and Business Stats 1
I really want to get into investment banking M&A or S&T. My academic advisers are working with me to find opportunities for the following summer (this summer I have summer school as I need it to graduate on time). I just want to know what I can do to prepare. I am currently trying to learn Excel, going to be purchasing Investment Banking: Valuation, Leveraged Buyouts, and M&A. I want to know if I have any realistic chance of breaking it into Wall Street for not being at a direct target school, though I know a current board of trustee did work at Goldman Sachs.
What should I be doing in the mean time before I apply for interns, I know I have to network, but what else can I be doing. I feel like I have very slim chances at getting a BB internship, as everyone else is at an Ivy...
Not much to do in the meantime other than continue to maintain your GPA and network, network, network. Start perusing LinkedIn for school alumni that work at companies you are interested. Connect with them and establish relationships.
Will having a 3.8 at a non-target with no previous finance? I have really good extra curricular activities, but don't know how to really get my foot in the door before applications for the 2015 summer. Or maybe should I gun for a Masters at an Ivy league school in quant finance?
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