What if every college student read through wso?
Without wso I wouldn't have found my career path and wouldn't have known what I wanted to work towards, even though I'd always been a very hard worker and went to a top school. So what if every college student started browsing wso and learning about finance and some of its career benefits? Most students I assume don't know it's possible to earn more than 100k out of college outside of engineering/tech, and that there's a reasonably clear path to get there. So what if they knew now? Would banking apps and cold calls go up threefold? The question just popped in mind, curious to hear what everyone thinks
i would feel sorry for them. i regretfully found this forum way too early on and spent the most easy years of college caring more about internships and networking than having fun. now im in my harder years of college and am the opposite (except im not having fun since its a little late). oh well
Hard work pays off and knowledge pays dividends though, hopefully you catch a break
I do agree that some of the ib-or-bust posts can encourage some personalities to go to extremes (thousands of cold calls, living on three hours of sleep), though I think the point of those posts is moreso to communicate a mentality. At least you'll have that bittersweet feeling in your mouth though, which is better than nothing imo.
You're asking the wrong question my bro. Here is the real question:
What If Every Elementary Student Read Through WSO?
College is too late. If you're sitting on a 2.5 GPA mid Junior year with no internships, you've already f'ed yourself. Reading WSO at that point may be too late.
Best bet is to enroll in the Kindergarten IB workshop to get started. Once you're on the path you're basically there. Start early.
Yeah, I guess senior year high school is a decent starting point then. Not too late even if you didn't get into a top school, and not too early that you're posting incoming Freshman president* at Harvard (full ride and on-track to being inducted at the earliest possible date to Junior 24) OR Wharton (in the prestigious M&T program; different from the University of Pennsylvania) OR Oxford (as demonstrated, I have a potential demonstrated ability to work in international environments and a drive to constantly challenge myself in new environments). *Nb: candidate.
Anyway, part of what made me post this was that I watched one of those youtube videos where someone interviews kids at harvard asking what their major is and what they expect to earn.
so in the comments section a bunch of kids with thousands of upvotes start laughing at the neuro major saying he'll make 150k out of college, and they say how the harvard kid is in for a tough reality check. yet that's quite certainly what'll happen when he applies to mbb and spins something about a love for the life sciences industry.
Imagine dealing with the competition of an additional 100k students to the 20,000 + now. I think this website is great but I don't see an incentive for every single person to get into finance. The banks would not have to recruit from semi targets or give a shot to non target student when students from every major from the ivy leagues and additional targets are applying. This would increase the apps, networking calls and hiring would revert back to Wall Street circa 1980 to become the most elitist industry in the country.
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