<p>Hello all, I am new to this board and for the most part I think I know what I want to do in my future. I didn't do too well in HS so I plan on going to a community college in Santa Barbara, where I live. There, I plan to study and work a lot harder and get my associate's degree majoring in finance/banking and minoring in managerial economics with a GPA above 3.5. Then I would hope to transfer to either UCLA or USC to complete my second 2 years and get my bachelor's in the same area while getting internships at investment banks (hopefully) and management work experience. Then I want to get a job after I get my bachelor's as an analyst at an i-bank while doing some internet solutions stuff like web design, graphic design, ebay selling, web management, and online marketing (which I do all of that stuff already). Also at the time I will be preparing for my GMAT by taking courses and stuff... Then once I am satisfied, I will try to get into a BS such as Anderson or Marshall. I would then like to study there for 2 years in order to get my MBA and graduate with a really good GPA. Then I would like to get a career as an investment banker in Los Angeles.</p>
<p>I don't know if this is a good idea or not, I know alot of it is a long time from now... I'd just like to know how it sounds? And I do have one more question: How easy is it to launch a job as an i-banker after getting an MBA because I heard there aren't many positions for investment banking...
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<p>You will have to do something extraordinary the next two years to have any real chance at an ibanking job. There are very few jobs and everyone wants them. Most ibankers you meet have been major achievers all of their lives. It is an old boy industry where people from the same few colleges get hired. Starting out at a junior college is going to hurt. While banks do hire from LA and USC, neither is a top feeder. So think outside the box. Decent grades from those schools is not going to get you in. Start a business or pursue something unusual.</p>
<p>i think he can do it, as long as his grades are up for the jc to get into ucla... why not? and if he goes back to anderson for mba.. should be no problem, he will just need to do a lot of work and try alot harder. and your statement "Most ibankers you meet have been major achievers all of their lives." - not necessarily true.</p>
<p>...If you like finance/economics try and get a job with some of the tech companies out there in their finance division, after all i-bankers might be rich, but tech is the wave of the future, thus the next great wave of money making.</p>
<p>i-banking is not everything...seriously...there are plenty of rich people who are not i-bankers.</p>
<p>Dawgie is right. one step at a time. For example, if you wanna win a national championship tournament, you have to concentrate on state championship first! I dont like the last question. You have to think before you say something! How "easy"? Let me tell you the answer, it is easy if you have connections.Otherwise, you have to compete with other high-calibre people and it has never been easy</p>