If I complete my undergraduate degree from a non-core state school (UT McCombs/IU Kelley/Michigan Ross) with a 3.7 but work at a tier 2 BB in one of the top groups (M&A/LevFin/Sponsors), what are my chances at landing a MF gig for PE recruitment? Assuming a good gmat score of 750+
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How is Ross non-core.... also your GPA is fine. Also, is this whole thing hypothetical?
In general for many MegaFunds, state schools including Ross/Kelley/McCombs are still not considered to be in the upper-tier of schools (not HYPS/Stanford/MIT). This is not hypothetical, I just signed with a 2nd tier BB (BAML/CS/Barclays) in one of their top groups. I'm estimating that my GPA will be a 3.7 cumulative by graduation.
I just wanted to know if I needed to take additional classes to get it closer to a 3.8 if I wanted to target MF for PE Recruitment.
The difference between a 3.7 and 3.8 will not matter for headhunters. What specific group you are in and what your staffer / other references say is going to matter way more than GPA or GMAT. You don't have a bad GPA and you don't go to a bad school.
That being said, you will have an uphill battle for certain funds on the basis of pedigree, and that's not something that GPA will change. It's a school bank and group name thing, but I think people overestimate how important this is.
Also big variance between those 3 groups at those 3 banks... so that's going to play a big role as well
hahahahaha you're honestly screwed
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