<p>Graduating from Wharton with a fairly high gpa, great stats, extras, work experience, etc., how hard is it to break into buy-side finance (namely, hedge funds) right away?</p>
<p>It’s against the rules to pose the same questions in different forums. You already asked your question in the internship forum.
BTW, you are not a Wharton student, you are a HS student.</p>
<p>How about you first gain admission into Wharton before worrying about hypotheticals.</p>
<p>Wharton-aspirant: put on your thinking cap. Wharton is a highly considered source of finance graduates. This begets good recruiting opps and visibility. Combined with your hypothetical student, what do YOU think the likely results are?</p>
<p>Look at the Wharton career survey reports. Every year, at least a few students get into top hedge funds. That said, it’s not necessarily better career-wise to start in the buy-side despite the prestige that is usually attached to it, at least from what I’ve heard.</p>
<p>It’s possible, but rare. Definitely would not count on it even w/ amazing everything. It takes a fair bit of networking and luck.</p>