<p>I just recently decided that I would like to do investment banking.</p>
<p>And please flame me if you have do, but I did try searching, maybe I'm not searching for the right keywords or something.</p>
<p>How do people usually start off in investment banking? I eventually wanna end up at a BB, but not everyone gets a chance to start off that high right?</p>
<p>I'm a sophomore in college right now and I'm in the process of transferring(coming from a JC).</p>
<p>Realistically speaking, I will probably end up at either UCSD, or UCLA. However, I'm trying to be as optimistic as I can for UCB, Cornell, and Columbia. I'm majoring in Econ if that matters.</p>
<p>This summer I want to get some experience in the field, but I don't really know where to start. A teller? Marketing company summer intern? What do you guys think?</p>
<p>So to sum it up, I have a few questions. Excuse my ignorance:
1) Let's just say that I end up going to UCSD, I hear getting into ibanking stems from networking and such, but how great of a network can one form from going to UCSD? It's on the other side of the country where all the "big things" happen</p>
<p>2) What about people that end up enlisting in the military to pursue a dream and then finish up and start job hunting for i banking/eventually getting an mba?</p>
<p>3) What does it take if you don't graduate from a top 25 school as a undergrad?</p>
<p>4) As a sophomore currently, what can I do in terms of job/working experience to make myself more competitive when I try to get interviews for ibanking later on?</p>
<p>Thanks in advance
(I'm doing my own research too, but I'd like to hear people's opinions or words or wisdom if they have already been down this path)</p>