<p>I'm about to graduate this semester and my grades this semester weren't stellar. I expect to be graduating with a only a little above a 3.5 overall at a semi-target. That's not bad but the problem is that I'm a finance major and of the 5 classes I had to take for my major, I got an A in only one of them. The rest were B/B+, and I feel kinda ashamed. I also experienced some course scheduling problems in prior years, which is why I'm taking these classes just now. Finance classes at my school are hard, and if I were taking them earlier without all the interviewing, I would've done better.</p>
<p>The thing is I know why I did poorly. I had skipped far too many classes for interviews; I had a couple every week and had to fly out of town almost once a week; sometimes twice or more a week. By the time I got a job and could concentrate all on studying, it was already Thanksgiving, and I had about 2+ months' worth of material to catch up on for 3 finance classes and 2 electives.</p>
<p>Also, I couldn't concentrate 100% on my classes because during my time doing interview preps, I also neglected all my friends in my business fraternity; this semester's new members actually didn't know I existed until they already joined. I helped found our chapter, so it looks bad on me that I'm so out of touch with everyone, and I really wanted to spend the remainder of my time to hang out with everyone so we could more easily stay in touch later on.</p>
<p>At the end, my academic performance is my responsibility, but if I were applying for an MBA at Harvard, Wharton, Stanford, etc., you think they'll be more understand as to why I had only one A in a class of my major?</p>
<p>I'll be working in credit risk at a Goldman Sachs. I've also written an honors thesis and, as I mentioned before, founded a business fraternity chapter.</p>