So I'm currently a rising junior at a very small non-target liberal arts school in California (think Claremont McKenna, Pomona, Occidental, etc.), I currently have under a 3.5 but it's been rising every semester. This summer I will be working as an analyst for an auto-finance company and it will be my first real experience with finance since I'm an economics major and my school only has one Accounting/Financial Analysis class which was VERY basic. I'm a student athlete so getting an internship during the year is pretty much impossible. Basically I'm asking how I can best position myself to land an analyst position next year at a BB due to my modest GPA and small alumni base at BBs. There are two alumni that I know of off the top of my head and I've done my best to get in contact with them however I'm not 100% sure how to best go about creating a meaningful relationship with them that might result in getting recruited to their firms.
Any advice or more specifically personal stories of "making it" in similar situations would be greatly appreciated! I am a very determined person and attaining a summer analyst position at a BB next summer is really my top priority right now.
Thanks guys!
Edit: Guess I should also include that I'm an Econ major/history minor
If you've read the information on WSO regarding this, you'll understand that you're both fucked and not fucked. You're fucked because BB's most likely don't recruit on your campus and you don't have many if any alumni at IB BB. But you're also not fucked because if you're an interesting guy and can cold call well, you have some hope. TBH, I'd just go for a respectable IB in your region and then lateral. Not knocking you down, but it seems like this would be the most likely path. It's not a bad path tbh.
Thank you for the response. To be honest, this is the response I've received from another friend who is currently working at a top tier BB IB and it's looking like it might be the best route.
In regards to Mid-Tier BB, how competitive do they tend to be? Just for conversations sake, if JPM receives 10,000 Summer analyst applications, how much might BMO or Jeffries receive and what tend to be the qualifications in terms of GPA, etc. when it comes to landing an analyst position at places like these?
No idea specifically, but I would imagine it would be less. Just go for the ib that you have an inside connection. I'd imagine with your academic credentials you would at least get an interview if you had someone rooting for you.
Great, thank you again for the advice, it's very much appreciated!
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