Advice needed for highschool student
N.B. I wasn't sure where to post this topic so I put it in 'Monkeying Around' to avoid spamming more serious sections
Hey guys, I'm a 16 year old high school student( grade 11) living in Canada (Montreal, QC). I would like to work in a hedge-fund one day and would like to familiarize myself with will wall-street and the world of business all together. I realize that I am a new member and haven't really contributed to this community yet, but I would be very grateful if someone could give me some simple guidelines on where to start/ what to start with. I am currently taking all the required courses and getting good grades but the closest I've come to any actual experience with 'business' is my iPhone stock market game and a provincial 'start your own business' competition called "Jeunes Entreprises". Thank you in advance!
Regards,
A motivated student
//www.wallstreetoasis.com/forum/hedgefunds
start reading news publications with particular sections on HF news
EX: http://dealbook.nytimes.com/category/main-topics/hedge-funds/
Thanks guys. Much appreciated!
To add to the comments above, make sure to have diverse coursework and do more than study. There's absolutely no need to triple major in accounting/finance/financial engineering, for example. You'll come across as one-dimensional. Many top hedge funds are just as interested in social/extracurricular activities as what you studied...
This is even more important when you consider that you may very well change your interests over the next 4-5 years and would want to do something that's not in finance...
A decent place to start: http://www.wallstreetoasis.com/frequently-asked-questions
In no particular order
GLHF
start a tech company on the side too while you're at it!
you dont need to have a business plan either! lol
Hey thanks a lot guys for your support! Much appreciated!
Also if you can afford it and have the grades try to get into exeter or a similar prep school
Well heister unfortunately I live in montreal, Canada!
Should probably only be applying to US schools.
I thought of just doing my secondary school and CEGEP (its an extra two years that people who live in Quebec have to do after grade11) and then going to McGil. You guys don't think that will cut it? :/
PS: Is being able to speak fluently in french a desirable asset on wallstreet
Thanks guys!
If you work in france then its an asset. The reason I said go to a prep school like Exeter is because it is a feeder school for IVYs.
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