University of Illinois and Investment Banking

<p>I will be a freshman at UIUC this fall and my long term goal is to land a full time offer at a bulge-bracket bank (FO obviously) hopefully in New York but Chicago is fine too. I know that UIUC is arguably only a semi-target school for IB recruiting but is it reasonable to assume that if I maintain a high gpa, join finance clubs, and network with alumni, while doing other relevant EC's I could maybe land a position?</p>

<p>And also is it a good idea to start with a PWM internship next summer?</p>

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