How ****ed am I going to Penn State as a finance major? My GPA is currently 3.9 after my freshman year, and I'm working on my involvement as well as working on finding an internship for next summer. But I didn't really put any effort into high school, so I was kind of limited as to where I could go to college.
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06-08-2016, 05:46 PM #721S: 430 / B: 305 / D: 430
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06-09-2016, 10:35 AM #722
I know the thread is old and you rarely post on the misc anymore OP, but thanks for the informative thread. I have also sent you a PM in case you check back on here.
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06-09-2016, 03:25 PM #723
You'd be fine, I'm guessing you're a sophomore? What are you doing this summer?
Your college doesn't matter as much as you think it would, but you definitely need something to help you stand out. In addition you really need to network, and I don't mean just cold-calling people every week. I mean taking networking trips through your university, meeting bankers for coffee, and even sneaking into Penn's career fairs.
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11-14-2020, 09:22 PM #727
This was a great thread, but OP really lost me here. Stanford, Booth, and Yale SOM are worthless for IB placement? If you want to make the argument that Stanford and Yale have other focuses than IB (Consulting/Tech or NFP, respectively), I can maybe get behind that idea, but I don't understand how Booth is worthless but Kellogg, which is more known for marketing, is not at that point.
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11-14-2020, 10:36 PM #728
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Why are you giving misinfo. Your school and gpa matter immensely for breaking into FO. Going to a target school gives you OCR.
IMO, finance is a terrible major choice for IB. I'm a strong advocate for majoring in liberal arts. Technicals are easy to learn on the job, but liberal arts helps you develop critical thinking and communication.
I'd suggest networking with alumni on the street to see if they can push your resume for an interview.
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01-10-2021, 05:58 PM #735
I've been away from the forums for a while. I took a senior executive position at a biotech company in 2014 and helped take them public on the Nasdaq global select market, then took the CEO job at another publicly-listed biotech company in 2017, and am still in that position.
I don't think I said they're useless. Stanford, however, has very much moved towards a tech/internet-heavy placement emphasis. As a Yale undergrad, I'd love it if Yale SOM were better, but it's just not competitive. In my career, I met one associate from SOM. Chicago is a core school, I just didn't happen to list it.
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01-11-2021, 02:08 PM #736
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