Is it possible to be successful in finance or not? (High Finance)

I am about to be a junior and my GPA is currently 2.7. I had a rough start and I had heavy depression and sadness tbh through my first two years. I was in college thinking a lot about my major and I was undecided with what I wanted to do but I recently decided that I was interested in law school or high finance. My current major is in Business and I am interested in knowing if I have a chance. I also have about 5 W grades so I had to withdraw from 5 classes due to some personal issues and mistakes. If I calculated the highest GPA that I can get by graduation, it will be around 3.3. My old college GPA is 2.6 but I transferred colleges and the GPA reset I also have a chance to get a high institutional GPA of 3.6-3.7 at my current college if I get straight A grades from now on. However, my combined GPA from the two colleges that I attended is going to be less than 3.7+. Is it possible for me to get accepted anywhere? What should I do to stand out?? I had to withdraw from Calculus 1 twice due to bad professors but I am thinking about trying to pass all of the prerequisites and to succeed. I am mostly scared about the W grades, which will hinder me a lot in applying to anywhere. Is it a chance to get in or am I just wasting my time?


Edit : I don't go to a target school and I understand very well that this could possibly take a lot of hard work and effort but I am willing to bust my ass to make the connections and the right steps. I am not talking about immediately after undergraduate but I am also talking about maybe a couple of years down the road and some time to get into a top master degree or MBA if possible. What can I try to do?


 

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