Schrödinger’s ‘fucked’. Help.
This is something that might sound really dumb to a lot of you out here but to be honest I don’t have anyone that understands. This is going to be quite long but if anyone can bother to read it and give some advice I’d be eternally grateful. In essence, I feel like I’m both fucked and I’m not until next May comes.
I currently finished my penultimate year at a non-target UK uni, that is nonetheless quite known for its economics course in Europe/UK (which is what I study). My whole uni career I have only gotten A’s and B’s, yet this year I took a corporate finance course which was taught by a new professor (ex-investment banker) who I guess was trying to make a name for himself. As a result he assigned an entire MBA textbook as his course content. It covered LBO’s, DCF’s, Mean-Variance analysis and the whole spiel, but it took up 99% of my time. The rest of the courses such as econometrics and financial derivatives were okay however, I slipped up on one Macroeconomic analysis chapter. This chapter, happened to be on my exam.
For most of you who probably did macro, the exam consisted of two questions. One on this unstudied topic, and one on monetary policy. The monetary policy question was a joy. Finished it in 30 out of the 120 minutes assigned. The other though, was hell for me even though I could feel it’s objectively okay if one studied it. Getting to the point, I got a C in this course which might sound dumb as hell, but is spooking the hell out of me. I absolutely loathe how much stress it’s putting on me, even if my logical side is telling me I’ll be fine. I also lash myself daily for having such garbage time management. Furthermore, I really feel like starting to piss off my close ones with my constant jumpy-ness. I’m started to hate myself already and I haven’t even gotten into the game yet. Sometimes I catch myself talking to my friends like I’m some obsessed crack addict who’s life’s meaning is nothing but trying to get his next hit.
My next objective is to just focus on my final year and try get a position, or head into a masters in either finance or asset management at a top Ivy League by taking the GMATs this fall, as a hedge against not landing a position. However, I feel like everyone is going to see this C and tell me to go f myself. Again, my logical side is telling me this is nothing to worry about, but I don’t want to be caught with my confident ass out only to get fucked.
In essence, I’d really appreciate if someone here could tell me if my worry is justified or I’m being a moron and I really need to relax. Please be honest as I really can’t tell anymore if I’m being delusional or everyone around me simply doesn’t understand the requirements of what I’m aiming for. Sorry for the mega essay.
Extra context: I really want to go into IB and I currently have an internship lined up at an MMBB , and I’m doing a summer course in financial mathematics and computational methods (for my future plans). I also already have a 6 month placement lined up at a pretty big VC for next summer due to networking. I also managed to land some small remote jobs at my Uni friends parents firms, because they liked my modeling which I showed during dinners/birthdays. That’s pretty much my experience in a nut shell.
Sorry I'm confused about what you are trying to ask. Are you worried about one module where you got a C because you want to apply for a masters/grad role?
From my experience, if you apply for a masters they will ask for your transcript. They probably will not for grad roles (just your headline grade, 1st, 2:1 etc). Both cases they care more about the grade of the degree, not individual modules
I’m sorry for the confusion. Essentially I’m worried that they’ll ask for the full transcript and then see I got a C in the macro and deeming it insufficient for their standard. I get your point with them only asking for the overall. In that case I should be solid.
They don’t care. I had shit grades in the first three years of undergraduate (2:2s and low 2:1s) then a 1st in the first half of final year and got into top business/finance masters in Europe. Nobody reads the transcript except the top line (1st for me) to see if you lied. I also had no work experience. It’ll be fine.
I also went to a school that is at best a semi-target in Europe
One C grade in one class will not adversely affect your employment chances.
You’re worried because you’re young and don’t have any work experience, and you’ve done well academically you’re whole life, I get it, I was the same way.
Try to think about it this way - would one mediocre grade in one class really cost you a job?
As long as you get an overall 1st no one will care, chill out
I am sorry to say, your career is over. No one in finance anywhere ever got a C. You are an enigma. A glitch in the matrix that must not be allowed to propagate. You might as well just start doing krokodil and gambling it all away at the 10 pence tables. You completely blew it.
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Come on dude... use your brain. If you could get a C we can at minimum confirm you have one. Chill tf out, you're fine.
How tf can a former banker be a prof? Did he get a PhD after?
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