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Transfer, transfer, transfer. Lower Ivies, Duke, Michigan Ross, and Georgetown are all achievable provided your grades are there. It’ll pay dividends down the line, trust me.
Yeah after my first semester I have a 4.0 and certain I can maintain that first 2 years.
Don’t wait two years; get your resume and essays in order, and start filing transfer applications. If you transfer out to start as a sophomore at whatever school you choose, you’ll be right in time for the recruitment cycle to kick off halfway/slightly before the halfway point of your third semester. Network hard with alumni of your new school once you’ve been admitted and have committed, and get internships in for the summer after freshman year is done. Going to a better school makes a massive difference - even if you break into IB where you are now, you’ll face roadblocks for buyside, MBA, etc. I did something like this and would do it 11/10 times.
I know not to a pick a school specifically for finance. Out of schools which do you think would give the best shot of joining clubs, being able to recruit and acutally enjoy my time there.
as a transfer myself, these T10 schools have super competitive club application processes and in turn the "enjoyment" for you has to come from finance (at least for the recruiting period). it WILL be difficult to make friends esp because the recruitment period is right when you get to school but MAKE AN EFFORT to make friends because that will define the rest of your experience at college. northwestern has a growing pipeline to IB w NUIBC but a little depressing at times (join one of the asian student orgs or greek life for the easiest time making friends); uchi (join the business program) always places well; any ivies bar cornell and penn have poor transfer communities so would shoot there but clubs are insane to get into process wise; if you are at PSU or UW i would apply to the above and continue to set yourself up for success as both of those places are semi targets and tend to get some solid placement even more so if you're at IU (in which case STAY)
Penn, Duke, Cornell, Columbia, Michigan would all serve your purposes well. Don’t worry so much about club applications; join a fraternity (social, professional both work, though I personally prefer social). That’ll help you meet people and make connections which’ll help with club recruitment, though honestly, clubs matter less than school. If it’s a choice between a Penn student who isn’t in any clubs but has a solid GPA and experiences against an Indiana candidate on the board of the IBW, who’s getting hired?
If you have the opportunity, I would definitely try to transfer. You are young enough where you could end up pivoting careers entirely. If that happens, you want to be in a situation where you are positioning yourself best for any career. I think that is something people often overlook. Top schools like the Ivy's on average, will open up doors and put you at the top of the list for any career. Yes, you can have a successful career at a B10 (or any school for that matter), but why not try to best position yourself both for a career in banking and careers outside of banking?
Are there any specific schools you would look at? I know transferring is dependent on you and also how many people are leaving the school. But I know some are more transfer friendly than other.
I'm not entirely sure which schools are more "transfer friendly" than others but purely from a career standpoint, I think schools like Northwestern (if you want to stay in Big10), UChicago (if you don't care too much for social scene and are fine with hard academics), MIT, Ivy's, Stanford, Duke, etc. all will give you fantastic opportunities outside of banking. To be clear, I personally think that you can have fantastic outcomes from any school. I really do. At the end of the day, your individual efforts go a long way. However, I think there are certain schools that can really help position you well on average for most careers in case you decide to pivot.
People are underestimating how hard it is to transfer. You definitely should do everything you can to transfer, but it’s not like it’s gonna be super likely that you end up at an ivy. I am rooting for you, and hope you do end up somewhere you like, but just don’t beat yourself up if it doesn’t happen.
Much easier than you would think; if you’re applications are strong, and you know what you’re doing, it’s very doable.
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