Undergraduate business schools
I have a cousin who is entering his senior year in high school. He is a little shy but he is very insightful. He wants to pursue a career in finance and he is very good with numbers. However, I often see him discouraged because of his cumulative gpa. My cousin has a 2.7 gpa and he feels he will never go to a school that will land him a good job because of it. I constantly have to remind him that he has a 29 on the ACT, an upward trend of gpa (freshman: 2.4, sophomore, 2.8, and junior 3.1), and he is a first generation student. I have some trouble finding colleges with good reputations and great academics that would accept him but still give him a advantage in the business world. I would like to come to him with some suggestions so he can do research. If anyone can type a couple colleges with great reputations that might accept his scores and credentials that would be greatly appreciated. For the sake of time exclude tuition cost, school size, etc because he will do research later on. Location does play a factor though and it would be best to have the majority of the colleges on the eastern side of the United States. Thank You.
Go to community college and then transfer after one semester, if applicable or as soon as possible. I suggest this route because your high school GPA will become invalid after you attend community college. Transfer to a top state school and focus in on networking.
Good luck and I hope everything works out for your cousin.
I had 2.97 in HS went to community college then transferred to a target under grad B school and now work for a very nice european MM IB. tell him to do that.
I would go with the above -- looking at his local state schools would likely be the best option. With that, he can always start in the CC system and transfer out (and save a helluva lot of $$$ in doing so, too).
Then work and network his ass off...his path may require a trip to B School after a few years of post ugrad experience, but that's the route many of us have taken.
if your cousin feels having a weakness, ask him how s/he is planning to compensate the weakness. Intelligent people take ownership of the problems and just say they'll never screw up like it again
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