Overcoming the Odds - booh yah!

Sequence of events of 2011-2012 year:

  1. Shitty grades in unrelated discipline - told on WSO that I'm fucked beyond redemption
  2. switch to econ and finance
  3. co-author a paper
  4. learn excel like a true monkey, DCF, etc
  5. harass MDs with the help of bloomberg to aid my stalking efforts
  6. kill all 4 interviews
  7. come first in class (4.0) in advanced econ (honours econ at McGill is same level as MIT quant. econ) and finance classes
  8. get 2 summer offers at buldge brackets
  9. fuck yeah!!!

On WSO, those who provided me with heaps of amazing advice and encouragement, thank you! Those who poked fun of how fucked I was - thanks for motivating me! really!

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...all of that and you still can't fucking spell BULGE. nice work einstein.

He who makes a beast of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man.
 

Nice.

Under my tutelage, you will grow from boys to men. From men into gladiators. And from gladiators into SWANSONS.
 

First congrats my fellow Canuck. Three questions if I may:

  1. What are the most targeted Canadian Universities/program from the BB's point of view?
  2. What year are you in?
  3. Your most heartfelt advices to break in IB in Canada as a college student?

Congrats again and thank you. Enjoy life!!!

 

I'm a U1 Joint Honours Economics and Finance student at McGILL.

Bitch, you ain't got a four point oh.

But Congrats!

And this gives me hope. I was a Science student at first. My "elective" GPA consisting of unrelated Science courses are about 1.3 points lower than in my Econ and Finance classes.

Oh, Canada

 

Congrats. Keep on hustlin' and secure that full time offer. Best of luck. I am happy for you.

"I am the hero of the story. I don't need to be saved."
 

brother, keep up the success go have a couple brews and enjoy your success knowing that you have accomplished a huge goal. put on your game face day 1 at your bulge bracket though and suit up for hell. cheers ~fight~

"death is nothing, but to live defeated is to die everyday" ~Napolean Bonaparte
 

how did you go from a 3.0 to a 4.0? Did your stud habits change?

The difference between successful people and others is largely a habit - a controlled habit of doing every task better, faster and more efficiently.
 
mhurricanehow did you go from a 3.0 to a 4.0? Did your stud habits change?

I was in the wrong program before. Math & graphs are my thing haha, but memorizing all animals in kingdom "Animalia" is not my thing

 
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