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Hello everyone,

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I've been lurking the forums for a while now and finally decided to join. I wanted to get some feedback on if I'm on the right path to becoming a financial analyst.

I'm 28 years old and a sophomore in college. That's probably my first worry, that I'm too old to even get into IB.

My explanation: when I was 17 I got a job at a construction company during the summer. After I graduated high school, the company called me back to work for them full-time. By the time I was 19, I got promoted to managing the company making $75k a year. I thought I was a made man, until I realized that was the absolute maximum I would ever make there, and I was working 12 hour days, 7 days a week, so hourly it actually wasn't that great at all. On top of this, I hated the job. So I did this for a few more years, saved some money, and when I turned 24 I moved to from Michigan to California. I had always dreamed of living in SoCal, so this was huge for me, but I knew I never wanted to go back to doing construction. I randomly got a job as a bartender, surprisingly making pretty good cash in tips, and that's actually what I'm still doing today.

I enrolled in a community college out here in California and I'm currently a sophomore, about to transfer to a University. I applied to a few big names like UCLA and UC Berkeley, but I'm not sure if I'll get into them. I'm guaranteed admission to UC Irvine, UCSB, and UCSD through a transfer applicant program, so at the very least I'll be going to one of these non-target schools next fall. 

My goal is to do as many WSO courses as possible before the end of my junior year, hopefully get an internship, and go from there. I would love to get my MBA, but after talking to several IBs, a lot of times they said I'll want to get my foot in the door first, then go back to get my MBA.

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Does anybody have any advice or suggestions for me?

Thank you.