Help me plan my future please!

Ok I am going to be blunt about this. I am a junior at a good university, I have a relentless work ethic, I am pretty smart, but by no means a MIT math genius, I am social, outgoing, definately a people person and I want to be able to wipe my ass with hundred dollar bills. I love the market and I am constantly reading about investment strategies and techniques. I am basically immune to stress since I have done nothing except stress for most of my life and I THINK I want to go into sales or trading at either a BB or HF. Does anyone have suggestions as to alternate career paths or ways to help me reach my goals(ie: grad school, networking ideas, etc...)? I have previous work experience and a good resume but no connections, and these days that seems to be the opposite of what is important.

Please Help!

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From what you are saying it sounds like you are the perfect candidate and a lock for a BB.

But on a more serious note what is your campus recruiting process for SA positions like? A lot of my friends who were strong candidates were able to get SA positions last summer without connections, but this was at a target (H/Y/P). Do you have good alum networks? You can always start networking through those.

 
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