Some Advice needed - Non-target at top 40-50

So I'm at a non-target state school (top 40-50?) and probably will have no shot at a BB firm. But I'm really interested in the trading aspect. I've been searching CL/Monster/efinancialcareers.com for job listing and I've checked some out that could be interesting.

My question is what type of work experience do business school or a big firm view as relevant in the future (besides the ones that are in BB)

Let's say an applicant accepted one of these jobs: http://houston.craigslist.org/acc/355330351.html http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sfc/acc/355821662.html http://newyork.craigslist.org/mnh/acc/347768279.h… http://newyork.craigslist.org/mnh/acc/341157263.h… http://newyork.craigslist.org/fct/acc/347710671.h… http://boston.craigslist.org/gbs/acc/356542710.ht…

Would the Business school even bother to look at these as relevant?

How about a trading job that involves prop firms like Allston Trading, LLC in Chicago or something like a Equity Research Analyst at an investment firm ?

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