<p>Hello,</p>
<p>I am a rising sophomore at NYU Stern majoring in finance and marketing. My current GPA is a 3.25 because I struggled with my first year accounting and got a C. Is this going to hurt me badly in the long run? What would you say is a good, decent graduating GPA for a finance major looking for a full-time job in the financial services industry?</p>
<p>If an employer for a full-time job or internship sees a C on a transcript, will they automatically be extremely turned off? I have heard that anything below a 3.5 for finance doesn't even get considered- how true is this?</p>
<p>Also, is it really bad that I got a B in my first, general finance class? </p>
<p>Besides academics, I have 2 internships under my belt, one at an insurance/ wealth management firm and one at a pr agency. I am also very involved in NYU's fashion publication as a writer. Does any of this matter?</p>
<p>I also plan on studying abroad as an exchange student at Copenhagen Business School. How attractive is this?</p>
<p>I would very much appreciate feedback/opinion from those experienced in the financial services field and/or current college upperclassmen also majoring in finance.
THANK YOU SO MUCH!</p>
<p>You seem all over the place with your “experience” and majors. If you are going the finance, especially banking route, whats the point of picking up a marketing major? Double up finance and accounting. As long as you do well in your upper division finance and accounting classes, you should be fine. Understanding the material is important. </p>
<p>Also this is not high school, most companies don’t go through your transcript, so keeping that cumulative GPA high is important. </p>
<p>Also do something for the experience, not if “it will look good or not” do you think going to Copenhagen’s Business school really matters when compared to Sterns? One valuable thing you will get from study abroad is the experience and the potential stories you could tell during interviews.</p>
<p>Finally, keep your internships/experience relevant with what you want to do. I’m not saying don’t try out things that interest you, but you write for a fashion publication, you interned at a PR firm and wealth management firm, who can figure out what you want to do with that?</p>
<p>Good luck.</p>
<p>thank you for your feedback!</p>
<p>I was thinking one quantitative (finance) and one qualitative (marketing) major would be a good mix. Plus, I have heard my finance professors say that some marketing skills are valuable for some banking jobs. </p>
<p>+I really do want to go to Copenhagen for the experience- while i’m going abroad, I want to be an exchange student and emerge myself in a completely different setting while i’m at it. I also thought that my interests would make me unique- but i guess these have no value for employers.</p>
<p>“keeping that GPA high is important.” What does “high” mean here?</p>
<p>Thanks again.</p>
<p>Nowadays, 3.6+ is considered high.</p>
<p>If you want to work for a top bank, you’re in trouble, but you can still get an investment banking job and that’s generally regarded as the most competitive finance field that undergrads commonly go into. Freshman year usually counts less so you can bring this up, however it definitely hurts that you got such bad grades in classes that cover vital material for finance majors, which may actually really hurt you at least until you have better grades in those departments to balance it out.</p>
<p>CBS is one of the better undergrad b-schools in Europe. It’s not on the level of LSE, HEC or HSG, but it’s probably top 10.</p>