High GPA Senior who didn't care about recruiting enough - no good offers

I am a dumb senior who thought a good GPA (3.86) along with three random internships would get me a job. Junior year internship was in internal audit (yuck), and I declined my offer. Now, I've decided I want something a bit more ambitious like CB, Corporate Development, etc, but it's already October and I've missed the boat on most good jobs. Yes, I screwed myself.

I have an offer for an F500 FLDP for a very average salary. Do I:

  1. Take the offer, spend the next few years racking up certifications (CFA?) and networking in hopes of eventually breaking into a better job

  2. Decline the offer, try to pick the scraps for any remaining roles in CB

  3. Join a 1 year masters program in either accounting, data analytics, or economics, network all summer, and try again at recruiting next year

  4. Whatever you guys think lmao I have no idea what I'm doing

 

Take the offer for the F500 FLDP. I don't think you need to focus on the CFA exam. Plan on working for a couple of years and then take the GMAT to go to a top 10 MBA program. 

If you want asset management or equity research you could do the CFA program, but many other paths don't require it. 

"If you always put limits on everything you do, physical or anything else, it will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them." - Bruce Lee
 

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