Finance Major in need of advice

I'm a senior in college, I'm 15 credits away from the big 120. My major is finance but because of mistakes I made and poor guidance I will not be able to graduate with a degree in finance unless I stay in school an extra year. So five year total. I have yet to even get a finance internship because of my low gpa (2.7). I'm asking for advice on what I should do I think I can get out earlier if I change my major. But I honesty don't know what to do. I do not have the energy to stay an extra year for my BA.

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You really shouldn't be basing what your major is on how long it will take you to "get out of school". That's ridiculous, what's one more year of your life in comparison to potentially getting a job that you like less?

I'm finishing up my fifth year as a finance major right now after switching over from engineering. Doing so allowed me to pass the first level of the CFA. Allowed me to get an extra internship. Allowed me to spend another year with much less responsibilities going to the bars and skipping class. Allowed me to improve my GPA slightly. And I'm in the final round of interviewing for a co-op that is doing exactly what I wanted to do when I first switched into finance and will probably lead to a full-time offer doing so after graduation.

Don't get so caught up in the "graduating in 4 years" mentality. Doing so will only set you back and make it harder to achieve what you want to do.

 

I did not envision myself graduating with a BA at 23 and 1/2 Thanks for the thoughtful response. Now I just don’t know what direction I’m heading as I have yet to obtain an internship and it’s more about that I could also have easily finished in four years. I just didn’t seek the proper advisement. Aren’t you required to do four years of professional work experience for CFA?

 

Start networking hard to get an internship, at this point that's really what's going to determine your career after college. And to get the CFA designation you need four years of professional work experience, yes. You simply need to be in the last year of your Bachelor's degree program or have combined 4 years of school and work experience to take the first exam.

 

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