I go to an average state school...

creamgethamoney
Sat, 21 Feb 2009 19:24:26 +0000

And I’m looking to break into Sales and Trading.

So far, I’ve noticed that I’ve really been interested in analyzing risk vs reward, which is why Should I just give up now? I’m not even asking to get necessarily into the S&T equivalent of the BB investment banking firms. I can settle for the “non-prestigious” firms, and think I can pick it up from there. I screwed around a lot in high school, and so far my first year in college, but now I think it’s time to get serious, and I’m doing everything I can from now on to succeed. I’m at the state school due to the fact that it’s cheapest, but is it even possible to get into this kind of profession if you don’t go to the top schools?

I’m going to major in accounting and applied math to give myself a better background in quantitative studies and attention to details (from accounting), and have already started doing things such as betting on sports (to get an idea of what risk is/how to maximize reward), reading the New York Times to keep up with politics (I used to only follow sports and I’m thinking about subscribing to the wall street journal to learn more about finance on my own), and will try to do interning or something this summer all to show that I am interested in this field. So if I take these steps and get a good GPA, can I still get into this field, or am I screwed basically just because of my lack of academic pedegree?

thanks, and any advice is appreciated.