<p>the title speaks for itself</p>
<p>It really also depends on experience, your interview, and other things also. I would say, in this market, at least a 3.7 to be competitive (ignoring other factors and assuming no connections). The GPA will generally not land you a job by itself, but it certainly helps with getting the interview.</p>
<p>wait… so I need a 3.7 at wharton to get a job whereas Yale and Harvard students can take bs easy majors and get jobs regardless?</p>
<p>3.7 at Wharton is pretty high (isn’t it?)… I mean with the Wharton curve and all…</p>
<p>c-revs doesnt actually go to wharton so i wouldn’t take his opinion too seriously</p>
<p>About half the kids get interviews, so I’d assume you need to be above average, which I think is around 3.3. But I’m prefrosh, so I guess I don’t really know.</p>
<p>My apologies if the curve is tougher, I’d still say to be safe you should be in the upper 50% of the class, better to be upper 25%. So whatever the median/mean is, you can approximate from there. </p>
<p>I guess the average GPA at Wharton is a 3.3 ish, so I’d say try to do above 3.3 and you should get a decent amount of interviews.</p>
<p>And no, I don’t go to Wharton, i was speaking for recruiting in general, didn’t realize the grades were generally lower, my bad. But once again, I’m taking an educated guess, maybe someone knows better.</p>
<p>Everyone in my IB analyst class from Wharton had a GPA of at least 3.5, but most weren’t much higher than that. There were some others with GPA of 3.0-3.5 from other schools but part of this may not be as comparable as it was during an era with much less grade inflation than has occured this decade. I get the sense that Wharton hasn’t necessarily changed as much as other schools, though.</p>
<p>It used to be around a 3.5 for Wharton, but it was definitely higher this year. </p>
<p>Recruiters know which schools inflate their grades (Yale, Harvard) and which schools do not (Wharton, Princeton)</p>
<p>dude. I am a sophomore and I got an internship from BB with a 3.5-3.6 from a non-target (Michigan Engineering). you probably can get away with a much lower gpa from wharton</p>
<p>In IBD? If so you are the exception, not the rule.</p>
<p>S&T…but comparable, especially since I am a sophomore. btw i dont have any connections.</p>
<p>Congrats, yeah S&T is certainly comparable (where I’ll be also). Like I said, you are probably an exception though. Could you break in with a lower GPA, possibly, but if you want your odds to be better, should probably keep a higher gpa. </p>
<p>Also you’re in engineering, which is generally considered more challenging, making a lower gpa more acceptable.</p>
<p>i did very well on the interview… i am a really good ********ter…if that exist.</p>
<p>but i doubt I am the exception. People with similar GPA at Michigan Engineering got S&T interviews…not IBD tho.</p>
<p>IBD is much more rigid… you find a good number (small though) of soph S&T SA at BBs out there, but close to zero soph IBD SA (unless you’re a URM or extremely well-connected)…</p>
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<p>Dude. You are a tool. Bragging about your internship on an internet forum is classless and juvenile. Plus, you’re going to be at BoA-ML – don’t really understand what it is that you have to be so cocky about? It’s the crappiest bank on the Street. Tone down the arrogance.</p>
<p>Ubs…</p>
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<p>This entire investment banking subforum is riddled with elitism.</p>
<p>It depends on the economy. During the boom times 2005-2008, students with a low 3.1 were getting interviews, but generally with BB banks, the minimum may be 3.3.</p>
<p>With increased competition in this economy, the higher the better.</p>
<p>“This entire investment banking subforum is riddled with elitism.”</p>
<p>There is a reason for this. It is NOT an excuse, but a reason. </p>
<p>On other forums there are threads talking about how hard it is to find a summer job for college students and grads. Some are talking about non-paid internships, others happy to get above minimum wage and others to have anything at all in this economy.</p>
<p>Banking internships pay A LOT! Much more than 99% of most other internships. You can make more at JPM or GS in 3 weeks than most other summer jobs (3 months or more).</p>
<p>So how do you get these high paying internships? It helps to be (#1) at a target school (schools hard to get into to begin with). (#2) Have a very high gpa at your school. (#3) Have an impressive enough resume to get an interview over the many who have applied. (#4) Impress interviewers enough to get a second interview or an offer. (#5) If second interviews are required, impress enough to get an offer.</p>
<p>This is heady! People start to feel special or superior–not unlike actors or athelets.</p>