24yro Brown dropout - do i have a chance?

Hi guys, don't want to waste your time so want to keep this short:

  • Dropped out of Brown when I was 19, for a bunch of reasons. Originally part of Brown's class of 2010.

  • GPA: 3.7 cumulative, computer science. 1 F.

  • took leave of absence...was just readmitted into Brown as a sophomore. i'm 24 now.

based on my GPA i should be able to get into some nice finance internships, but the thing is, i'm 24. would ANYONE want to hire an old (by banking internship standards when everyone is 19-21) stumping intern whe nthey have plenty of young sharp 19 year olds ready to learn?

to those of you senior analysts making hiring decisoins: would my crap even get looked at?

 
Lord Blankfein:
You've demonstrated that you lack the discipline to follow through on goals.

What they give you a 2 year contract, and you "drop out" 4 months later? You get placed on a sell-side M&A and you dropout out 2 months after opening the data room?

I think this is a bit presumptuous, given we don't know why he dropped out of school. You could be right, but we would need some more background on the OP.

"For I am a sinner in the hands of an angry God. Bloody Mary full of vodka, blessed are you among cocktails. Pray for me now and at the hour of my death, which I hope is soon. Amen."
 
Lord Blankfein:
You've demonstrated that you lack the discipline to follow through on goals.

What they give you a 2 year contract, and you "drop out" 4 months later? You get placed on a sell-side M&A and you dropout out 2 months after opening the data room?

You sound like a total cunt.

OP: This is why someone like you should avoid M&A. Someone like you is smart enough to do something much better (whether on wall street or otherwise).

 
bortz911:
Lord Blankfein:
You've demonstrated that you lack the discipline to follow through on goals.

What they give you a 2 year contract, and you "drop out" 4 months later? You get placed on a sell-side M&A and you dropout out 2 months after opening the data room?

You sound like a total cunt.

OP: This is why someone like you should avoid M&A. Someone like you is smart enough to do something much better (whether on wall street or otherwise).

Just because he's telling the trust doesn't make him a total cunt. Everyone has his opinion - to each his own.

 
Best Response

OP: you go to a good school, you have decent grades, and you're under 30....this shouldn't be a problem. Have a good story for why you took off 5 years, and you're set. If you're willing to do the work and put in the hours, you're really not too old.

I have a family member doing superday interviews at the age of 25. He took a leave of absence because of severe health issues (he could have died), as well as jumping on (and totally killing) a business opportunity during the course of the last two years. You've lost time and have some work to do, so start calling up alums immediately.

PLENTY of people leave college for a while, you just have to learn to sell yourself and your story. Isolate and ignore people that think you can't do it. You can.

Get busy living
 

Shit happens. You are fine.

You're born, you take shit. You get out in the world, you take more shit. You climb a little higher, you take less shit. Till one day you're up in the rarefied atmosphere and you've forgotten what shit even looks like. Welcome to the layer cake, son.
 

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