<p>At the moment, I have virtually no clue what I want to eventually go into.</p>
<p>I'll have my BCom from the University of Toronto by 2011 and a line of good extra curriculars (executive positions in finance/accounting clubs, athletics, event management..)</p>
<p>My GPA, if I was to estimate, will be somewhere around a 3.7 or 3.8.</p>
<p>I'm not sure what field I should go into...or more specifically, what job I should aim for (i-banking, accounting, insurance, broker? etc..law even??)</p>
<p>What pays high, has reasonable hours and is a rewarding and enjoyable career?</p>
<p>I want to eventually have a 1 mil+/yr salary.</p>
<p>Also, if I was to consider grad school, I'd be going to on of the top American schools - I would never get an MBA or something from a Canadian school.</p>
<p>Do you think that it's possible to switch careers easy if you were an investment banker? If you have say 3-4 years of experience as an investment banker, would you be able to switch into another field easier than you would switching from a field into ibanking?</p>
<p>cipriani, you clearly havent researched into the field enough yet so i would advise you to do that first. An ibanking analyst term is only two years(unless you get invited to a third year)..meaning after two years people usually do something else ie. private equity before getting their mbas. One of the best if not the best things about ibanking is the exit opportunities so yeah you can switch into other fields from ibanking. </p>
<p>alex, high pay starting off and low hours dont often go together. Based on your post your characteristics seem to match that of an ibankers(except for the unwillingness to work long hours but you were probably just being idealistic) so look into that.</p>
<p>P.S what the hell drove you to get a 3.8 at a tough ass school such as UofT when you dont even know what you want to do in life.</p>
<p>Sammy101 (sorry, this is my main account, I logged into my old account 'cipriani' wihtout thinking hha)</p>
<p>But, yes, as mentioned I'm only in first year so of course I'm a bit naive when it comes to this sort of stuff haha. I'll certainly be doing my research over the next 3-4 years.</p>
<p>hahaha, and what drove me to get a 3.8 (or at least a 3.8 so far?)...well, I don't know what I want to do, so I guess to be safe a high GPA is necessary. I like economics and finance and I have a fairly strong math background, so it helps enjoying the material you are studying.</p>
<p>I like the prospect of having great exit opportunities, so it might be worth manning up for the first grueling years as an i-banker.</p>