<p>Hi,
I'm an undergrad in Cornell Engineering.
I just completed my freshmen year but technically done with sophomore year as well because I got a lot of transfer credits (AP).
So I guess I'll be graduating in 3 years.
My GPA is 3.9 something for now, which I believe is at the high end for engineering at Cornell.
I plan to major in Materials Science and Engineering.</p>
<p>Recently ibanking drew my interest and I was wondering what I should be doing this summer to best prepare for getting an ibanking job at a BB after graduating.
I will probably get an internship that is irrelevant to ibanking.
But in the case that I don't get the internship, what should I do?
I started reading about the stock market, but I'm not sure if it's relevant to ibanking?</p>
<p>thx for the reply SSK 91 and yes I plan to maintain that GPA.
But my question was what I should be doing this summer to best prepare for breaking into ibanking.</p>
<p>OP–it’s a little late, at this point, to get an internship for this summer. If you could find any job related to finance, I suppose that would be good.</p>
<p>Next academic year, try to take, if you can, financial accounting and corporate finance. Corporate finance usually has accounting, statistics and economics pre-requisite courses. I do not remember what Cornell requires.</p>
<p>My D2 was not a business major at Cornell but did take accounting and finance as electives. She works as a derivative trader now for a BB. Both of her apartment mates (Cornell grads)are in IB at BBs. I think they both were business majors. My D did not want IB and preferred trading.</p>
<p>You need to get an internship next summer (assuming you will be a rising senior) if you want a front office banking job when you graduate. Make sure you know who is recruiting on campus and their deadlines. Meanwhile, start reading the Wall Street Journal, The Economist, Bloomberg, etc.</p>