Hi everyone,
As an outsider doing everything in my power to break in I have been a reader for years. Finally decided to log on and join the discussion. So here's my story basically..
Non-target (what is a couple steps below non-target?) school in the PNW, started as Physics major but I hated labs so switched to Math Econ and CS. With a couple friends I co-founded a student investment club (as many non-finance school kids do...). Swam for three years and made D3 All american, but quit senior year to focus on investment club. After sophomore year I interned at a tiny wealth management firm in my hometown, nothing special but it was something.
Junior year I was determined to get a BB internship, which was ridiculous because literally no one has heard of my school and we've had maybe 5 alumni go into finance, like, ever. This did not deter me however as I pressed on applying to every summer position on the west coast for each BB firm, usually for both IBD and IMD. I would normally agree that dropping resumes online with zero networking is totally pointless. However, somehow I struck pure luck and got an interview and ultimately summer analyst offer at a BB PWM west coast office. Didn't get an offer and had no luck with full time recruiting in the fall, so I applied to MSFs and got a couple full ride offers. Thank the lord. So now I have bachelors degree in hand, interning at a PE firm for the summer and starting full time recruiting again in the fall, but this time at a school where they actually come on campus. (This still sounds foreign to me).
Cheers.
imo, it comes down to your sales skills
get those emails and phone numbers down and start working solid story + inflated CV go a long way
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