Hey /biz/, I'm currently a junior and going to be working

>>1015370
Mexican here, is it really easier for minorities to get into high finance?

Also what are your stats? Uni, GPA, etc.

What college do to? Will I still have a chance to get in if I go to a non target such as Oregon or Oregon State?

>>1015370
Unless you're attending a target school, with a major discipline of study that is business-finance oriented with multiple minor disciplines of study in the fields of economics, accounting, physics, mathematics, and bit of psychology and you're actually keeping a GPA above 3.5 then you're wasting your time. Also, being on a sports team helps (sponsored by the school or recreational it doesn't matter), being the president of clubs helps, and having family/close friends already in the industry is a must. If you have all of that, there's about a 35%-50% chance you'll find a PE job after working for 1-5 years within the finance industry. Good luck, keep your head down and remember to speak your mind but only if you know your'e right.

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>>1015386
If you're talking about the other thread about the GS woman, yeah I think so. One of my other friends did the same program that placed her into GS, and he got an internship out of that. It's not like they give you a free ride; you still have to know your shit to make it through interviews. It'll just be slightly easier to get your foot in the door through minority "leadership programs."

I'm at a top 5 state school majoring in statistics and economics, minor in computer science, 3.66 GPA.

>>1015403
It's a lot easier if you go to a "target" school that the banks recruit from through on campus interviews. Places like Harvard, Yale, Stanford, MIT, or Princeton. Then there's sort of "semi-target" schools that are big regionally like UT. Then there's non-target schools. If I had to guess, I'd put Oregon/Oregon State in the non-target category. It's not impossible to get into finance from a non-target, you just have to network hard. Try to get an unpaid internship in a small investment bank or asset management firm your freshman or sophomore year. Contact people in your area who are the the field of finance that you want to be in and ask for coffee and talk about what they do. Talk to alumni from your school. Hopefully eventually you'll find something.

>>1015408
Do you work at a PE firm? I've already got the internship for the summer, and they were pretty clear when they were hiring me that if they liked me, then they would take me on full time after I graduated. I was wondering more about the type of grunt work that junior analysts do, so I can prepare for it and hit the ground running.