New guy over here!

Hi to everyone, this is my first post here.

I am from Greece and studing business andministration with finance specialization in a Greek business school.

I have a 3.85 GPA and I am first in my department for 2 consequent years.

My short term focus is to build a strong resume in order to be accepted in a top master in finance in US. After that I want to break in investment banking in US.

In this year I am planning to take toefl and gmat.

Also I am going to present two papers in a conference in November and lead of my universitie's finance club.

As I dont have any working experience until now this is my first priority.

I am looking forward for any advice you have for me and feel free to ask me anything you want to know about the situation in Greece.

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Welcome to The Show, Bolty. In case you didn't know, a lot of similar advice has been given before in the forums section of the web site. If you search through it with a few good keywords you should be able to get a lot of information.

I'm not a finance guy (consulting), and I may be wrong, but why a masters in finance? A top-flight MBA should get you to where you need to be. Also, you're doing the right things out of the classroom, now you just need some experience - internships seem to be a good fit for someone in your situation. The boards can give you a little more information on how to go about researching/applying for them.

Good luck.

 

@egsc Thanks for your comment. I think that as I am studing now business administration in a Greek university (=totaly non-target outside Greece), and I want to pusue a career in investment banking, an MFin in a top US university would be better choice. Also for a top-flight MBA I need good working experience, and I will never have such experience with a degree from a Greek BS.

 

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