Starting my undergrad at SUNY Stony Brook

Hi guys, I'm will be starting my college at SUNY SB in Business(Finance) major. I aspire to be an Investment banker at EB or BB firms. I want some advice from current interns or employees on how should I plan my college and get ready for IB as a student at a Non-Target School. Just consider this as what would you do if you were to begin your college again, what mistakes would you try to avoid..

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That's insightful, I'd keep that in mind. 
How did you manage to get that first finance internship and how to target the ones which can give relevant experience for a future M&A banker.

 

Why, knowing you want to do IB, go into college at a non-target? 

Thats the thing I would change personally I would of discovered IB sooner so I didnt have do 15x the work at my non target to break into a BB than my target friends had to do. 

 

That's really awakening, 
I chose SBU because it was affordable(I come from a middle income family) and near to NYC. But, Now I plan to transfer to target or semi-target. 
 

 

I went to a similar school in NY and ended up transferring to a semi-target school. I would recommend doing the same. Recruiting was much easier and the school opened more opportunities for me.

 

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