Just wondering whats the worst stats(GPA,School, ECs) that you have heard get a FT IBD or S&T offer. Any insight into how he or she did it would be welcome as well. Thanks....
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varsity sports always does the trick
or if you're daddy is well-connected or "the man"
Friend of mine:
3.0 GPA
Major - Made his own...basically, a joke combination of history and political science with a couple random accounting classes.
SATs - Unmentionable
Work Experience - Security, body guard-type work.
Extra-Curricular - D1 starting offensive linemen.
***Took a Training the Street style crash course prior to full-time recruitment.
Result - Bulge Bracket IBD in NY. He hates it and is currently trying to transfer into sales on a flow desk.
Very unlikely unless like others have said....
You play a "visible" varisty sport ( like football or basketball/ not tennis or something like that)
or your name is Llyod Blankfein jr.
Bump...
i think its very simple. you need something to catch their eye and get them to bring you in for an interview.
grades is the typical thing.
another one is sports.
I think other things can grab their attention as well, though off the top of my head I can't think of anything.
I know people with Division I varsity sports on their resumes with terrible grades who got FT offers. I guess someone above has already said this. However, you have to cut them some slack since DI sports probably takes a lot of time each week that can't be put towards studying, etc.
Best non-D1 athlete idea I can come up with are athletes from DIII schools that are top liberal arts schools who go through Alumni Athlete. I had a good friend who had a 2.8 GPA but got an offer at DB in structured products through a summer arranged by Alumni Athlete.
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Know 2 kids who had a 2.8-2.9 from non-targets who just networked their ass off.
Jesus christ... I hope they don't fuck it up.
Definitely agree. That being said, these sort of kids usually partied away their GPA freshman and sophomore year, had the SATs (1500+), were very personable, and knew their technicals. According to one of them, GPA wasn't an issue during interviews. Again, networked like it was their job.
i have a 3.0 in engineering at umich but i had good experience and i knew what i was talking about. networking helped me get the interview, the rest was all yours truly.
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one of my friends has basically unmentionable stats, terrible gpa (think 2.5 give or take), lack of ECs but solid work history all hooked up by the dad. worked his/her ass off over the summer at a MM, was NOT given FT offer after summer but they allowed him/her to stayon as a part time intern during the school year.
a semester and a half later, they've finally verbally offered him/her FT for the summer and they are working out the paperwork. BTW, this is for the front office. Pretty clutch given the market conditions.
what about getting to a top MBA program? i wonder how these people do in that realm.
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