Chance/Match me: Asian, high GPA/test score, average EC's, applying to selective colleges [Midwest, 4.0UW, 36 ACT superscore, for Econ/Finance, <$50-60k]

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I’m trying to get into investment banking

See @Catcherinthetoast’s response on another similar thread:

Chance Me: TX student who wants to be an investment banker (1480, 3.7) [not top 10% rank, <$40k parent contribution]

Three traditional paths to IB summer internships and eventual full time analyst jobs are as follows… Attend 1 of 6 ivies (or other elites like Duke/Stanford/ Chicago) that don’t have business or finance majors and concentrate on Econ or other humanities major. Engage heavily in on campus finance related organizations. Start building network early and take advantage of traditional “target” school resources and access. You will be facing steep competition amongst peers but most IBs have a large number of slots available for this cohort. Study whatever raises your intellectual curiosity just be prepared to speak to its creation of transferable skills such as problem solving, communication, etc. Attend a premier institution that has a business or finance concentration. Think Stern, Dyson, Wharton, Cox, Gabelli, Ross, etc. Make sure you get very good relative grades and catch the attention of professors. Day one start looking for internship and know you are competing with ever…