About to assume a HUGE risk...would appreciate some wisdom

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<p>So I want to break into banking/S&T and I need some serious advice on schools.</p>

<p>I've got experience at 3 BBs (including the one I'm interning for this summer), all in the Asian offices in Middle Office positions. I also have another internship experience at a well known NGO.</p>

<p>I've just completed my second year of university in Asia at a university that is not heavily recruited by the BBs. In fact, looking at the summer class, banks here love to recruit from the US/UK for the front line and rarely if ever do you see them dishing out FO position to local grads although it does happen in rare cases. </p>

<p>I've got an offer to transfer to the Indiana University Bloomington, and I'm currently trying to decide if I should. The school itself isn't known to be a target, and seeing how the job market is absolute crap in the US, I'm not sure if its a risk worth taking.</p>

<p>Ultimately, I want to work on the Street and nothing will deter me from that goal. I'm beginning to feel that it is extremely difficult to break into the front in Asia without any additional language under my belt, although it is possible, albeit the chances for me are extremely slim. Bottom line: I want to break into FO, and if I could choose, I'd like to be in London or NYC.</p>

<p>I also have personal reasons for transferring, ie. not finding people I can genuinely relate to in terms of drive, background, and outlook on life in university as well as the people I meet outside. I was raised in various parts of the world, including the states, and consider it the place where I feel at home most.</p>

<p>If I do transfer to IU, I will be an international student. I've heard that getting work visas in the US is a shot in the dark and literally a lottery process. However, I'm willing to take this gamble and I'm hungry to make it to Wall Street. </p>

<p>Please lend me some advice.</p>

<p>Would appreciate the input from those of you out there who know of internationals breaking in from such schools, or would be knowledgeable in this area.</p>

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<p>Why do you want to go to IU ?</p>

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<p>you can work in asian offices and then get an MBA at an american school</p>

<p>by the way, i personally know an international who first worked for McKinsey, then Lehman Brothers, and now will be getting an MBA from Wharton. He was from U Mich, where he got 2 undergrad degrees in electrical engineering and econ. So it is possible for internationals to get visas in the US. The chances of you getting a banking job are much higher in london though...i'd suggest transfering to some school in the UK</p>