Taking on Debt

I'm transferring from a community college to a strong target in the fall for my junior and senior years. I'll probably be in 120k of debt but it's the only option I have if I'm going to actually do banking. I'm doing this all without any help from my parents as they wanted me to go medical school. I really want to do banking and I'm not that worried about landing a gig being that I've networked hard and have decent internship experience already, but the thought of moving out on my own while loading up on debt is terrifying to me. I hear from so many people that "you can do it", but taking actually taking the plunge is terrifying. I know so many kids who went to Ivy's and other top schools and didn't do stellar, but it wasn't necessarily detrimental to them due to them having wealthy, connected parents — but I don't have parents who are able to do that. So to all you guys actually in the industry who didn't come from a typically wealthy background or from parents who paid your school for you, how'd you end up?"

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"hominem" ...as opposed to staying in CC, not taking on debt, and doing what?

yeah - he is learning - if you want that reward you gotta take the risk

not everyone likes taking risk - some people crave it though

"If you always put limits on everything you do, physical or anything else, it will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them." - Bruce Lee
 

Respectfully, you don't have to take risks to get reward. Sometimes you can outsmart your way there. Some people also crave meth and gambling as well as risks, and they are all senseless and dangerous and unnecessary.

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"Pump and Dump" How do you ever borrow that kind of money without a high income co-signer

Uncle Sam has a very high income, and a good set of M16s and thermonuclear weapons to ensure payback.

The only difference between Asset Management and Investment Research is assets. I generally see somebody I know on TV on Bloomberg/CNBC etc. once or twice a week. This sounds cool, until I remind myself that I see somebody I know on ESPN five days a week.
 

Yeah that's not how it works. No private lender is giving a 19 or 20 year old with no credit 60k a year if he/she doesn't have a cosigner without a high income

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