Getting into IB from low tier undergrad

<p>I have recently begun to take an interest in investments, finance, and investment banking and although I do not know just yet if it is really a field for me, I would like to know if it feasible to enter IB or to obtain other types of financial analyst positions from a tier 4 school?</p>

<p>I plan to attend the University of Toledo and major in Mathematics/Physics and Economics/Finance, mostly due to location and cost issues. I would assume the only way to even have a shot from such a school would be to get a prestigious summer internship, but is this possible in my situation? If I work to get an extraordinarily high GPA and get a lot of leadership, activities, and experience is this possible? Would doing economics research be helpful even in the slightest? Also will summer or part-work as a teller or other position at a local bank make any difference?</p>

<p>Or would it be better to get high grades and then try to transfer to a school like Kellogg or Ross for my sophmore or junior year? Or to just try to get into a good business school after I graduate from Toledo?</p>

<p>transferring to a top 15 school is by far your best option</p>

<p>Yes you can although it will be harder to get your foot in the door. </p>

<p>You will bear the burden of showing that you are capable of doing the job. I suggest getting an unpaid internship at a regional investment bank as soon as possible. Also, M&A departments at some corporations will provide such opportunity. </p>

<p>Check out my free tutorial series:
[YouTube</a> - Mergers and Acquisitions Jobs](<a href=“http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zp6x6RzrR08]YouTube”>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zp6x6RzrR08)</p>

<p>Given your early stage in ugrad, I wouldn’t definitely recommend transferring to a strong semi target, or target school. I would definitely push for the transfer by soph year - this will give you more time to network within your school, brand yourself as part of the school, and seek out internships - as opposed to junior year when everyone will be pushing for internships already and while you will still definitely be better off at the target school than the non-target, transferring as a junior, you will only be at the school for a few months and might not even have an official GPA by the time you apply to internships.</p>

<p>That said, if you do stay at the non-target, you will definitely have to network, maintain a high GPA, join finance/IB clubs and push for relevant internships before making the jump to IB internships - in other words, you will need more than a solid resume.</p>

<p>PM me if you have any other questions.</p>

<p>IBanker</p>