<p>Los - who get into what? Top B-schools, and then an Associate position?</p>
<p>The answer is, people whose undergrad major was “Business” tend to be less analytically-oriented and less high-achieving. It’s a statistical fact. If you want to end up at a top investment bank, and/or a top B-school, there’s a relatively prescribed manner in which you do that. There are many paths, of course, but by far the most common is:</p>
<p>1) Attend a top-20 undergrad school (top 10 helps more, HYP helps even more)
2) Major in a heavily-analytical field (Economics, Mathematics, Financial Engineering, Operations Research, any other engineering major.
3) Get a 3.6 GPA or better
4) Get an internship in finance the summer after your junior year. Be presentable, articulate, have good (even if canned) reasons for wanting to go into finance. In your internship, work your bloody ass off, yes-sir everybody, be both liked and respected.
5) Get an offer from your internship firm. Senior year, interview at a bunch of financial places. Take a position.
6) Work your ass off at the ibank position you take (we’re talking 16-hour days on a regular basis, if not more), for 2 years, possibly 3.
7) Write a compelling case for admittance to a top B-school.
8) Get in, attend. Make connections. Interview for a million awesome jobs.
9) PROFIT!</p>