Hedge fund? What are my chances, please help

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<p>Hi all, i'm relatively new to posting on this forum and welcome all candid comments and suggestions.</p>

<p>I'm just curious as to what my changes of breaking into IB and Hedge Funds is, given the following quandaries: I'm an entry level student (and International student) currently in my senior year at Dickinson State University (please feel free to roll your eyes at this :) ), and I'm graduating in May 2010 with a Business Administration (Finance Concentration) major and Computer Science and minor. I'm not even deluding myself about my chances of breaking into IB right out of college, not only because of my location, but also because I'm not even remotely from a target school.
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I'm taking the CFA level 1 in June of 2010 and the GMAT to get into grad school Fall of 2011, and so I'm just curious as to what my chances are of getting any kind of a banking job/ experience prior to starting grad school. I'm perturbed because most of the employers I've talked to thus far have figured me for a tech type, and asked me to work in IT/ Programming/ or business capacities, with a technical twist. What are my chances for breaking into IB/ Hedge Funds, and what should or shouldn't i do to improve my chances, given my rather lackluster background</p>

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<p>If you did not intern at a bank/fund and did not receive an offer for after your graduate, the most direct path is get your MBA. getting your MBA is the traditional path and easier way to break into banking. </p>

<p>Also, if you are getting your CFA just so you can break into banking, you should do some research as to what value a CFA adds to whatever major/position you want. For most banking jobs, a CFA isn’t necessary.</p>