Will 2 gap years disadvantage me getting into finance / IB in the UK?
Hello, I'm not sure if this is the right thread for this question.
I scored a perfect 45/45 in the IB, could attend St Andrews for economics, but the caveat is that they have offered a place for 24/25 entry, and I have already taken a gap year (was actually a medical school student but left, essentially). So it would be 2 gap years and nothing done finance wise in the first year.
Would it still be possible to score summer internship interviews / spring weeks / eventual job offers or will investment banks (BB's) instantly not consider me due to the recruiter seeing two gap years on the CV and just rejecting. Of course, I will line things up for the second coming gap year if I decide to go -- other offers are Edinburgh and Durham for 2023 entry.
Also, I don't expect it will, but will my IB score carry any weight in the recruitment process?
Thanks!
Will not affect anything at all. They don’t look at your age only if you are a 1st year undergrad/eligible for the programme.
No, nobody cares or questions it and that cannot be a factor for rejecting a SW/SA applicant.
Try getting into a Finance society ASAP, if you can, try joining it even before university starts. Craft a nice CV using the WSO template and learn how to answer behavioural/competency questions as they are the most frequent type in SW interviews.
Try landing a spring week, if it doesn't work out, don't worry, move on whilst focusing on your GPA and prepare for the summer cycle for the following year.
There are plenty of resources here and threads which are extremely useful, so you can leverage those.
Good advice.
Appreciate it. Thanks.
Others have already answered your question but why on earth would you take St Andrews over Edinburgh or Durham in this scenario?
I think I would significantly prefer St Andrews as a university, the course there, and general life there -- compared to the other two.
Is it a problem? Would the other universities give me much better chances in IB / career opportunities?
St Andrews is not weak but I don't think it's as strong as either of the other two.
With the prospect of delaying my life an extra year, going to a (slightly) worse uni recruiting wise, just seems like a bad trade off to me.
Tbf I have no idea what St An is like, I just know Americans and royals like it. To me it looks like a tiny historical town in the middle of nowhere. But if you wanted that, I don't see why you wouldn't just go to Durham and if you wanted historical vibes then I don't see why you'd not just take Edinburgh. Especially if it meant getting on with my life a year earlier.
I know people say that age doesn't matter and whatnot, and I mostly agree, but sometimes it does suck just a tiny bit when you have an age mate or someone younger than you who is an associate while you're still making analyst money. Speaking from experience.
Sure, yes I do understand that.
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