Low GPA but relevant experience
Hi I am currently a junior from a non target. I was wondering about recruiting with a low gpa from a hard major (math) but I have relevant experience working in S&T BB.
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Hi. 2.7 GPA Biology Major. Received offers from Akuna, DRW, and two other more niche crypto shops. I had relevant experience at a competitor in crypto. I think for the shops that don't ask for GPA you should be fine just don't put it on your resume either.
not surprised that retarded crypto firms take <3.0gpa
But regarding my post, what do you think? Does banks prioritize experience or still GPA?
This is a trading forum, experience is much more heavily weighted and if you don’t put your GPA on your resume and you have BB experience they’ll just assume you must be a top student. They did the same with me. I am < 3.0 GPA experience with no GPA on resume but had BB S&T Sophomore year, and then prop trading intern Jr year and got a return offer there and interviews at various other prop shops.
I had 250K NG offer here and the two crypto firms beat the pay I just didn’t want to pigeon hole myself into crypto forever.
I guess you could grind your ass off in IB, go to a target and get a 4.0 and make 225k working 80-100 hour weeks…or be knowledgeable in crypto by reading Twitter and yeeting degen yield farms with a 2.7 gpa and get offered 375k guaranteed to work 50 hour weeks in shorts and a t shirt lol. The firms were one of Wintermute/alameda/jump/dexterity not Celsius, blockfi, Galaxy digital haha
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