Hey was wondering if you guys knew the best route for me to go

>>3065524
Wanna good free advice who has finished International Investment?
Don't do it. Just don't.
Most big investment firms, are currently dropping out of UK due to all this fucking, brexit legislations madness going on.
Also they don't pay as well as you might imagine, about as much as some IT guys after right schools (And it is quite overpopulated thing to do, not as good as 10 years ago).
If you go to the top guys you will have to spend anywhere from year to 2/3 years on internships where they will give you shittiest things to do for next to no money.
After this you start at bottom for shit sallary, working your way up the ladder is fucking annoying, you either rat other people or stay "innovative" coming up with some new shit every week.
Also >Expelled from high school =/= bright guy.
Trust me you don't want to get down this shithole. Currently major in International Investment, and getting degree in something well paid and useful (Car Drivetrain Engineering).
If you have any questions then feel free to ask.

Ex fund manager for a small Aus firm.
Don't kid yourself, it is nothing like the movies or depiction painted by society. Unless you are VERY well off or come from a good family, you struggle to work up the chain.
I started off in fund development team and found a way to MITM profit and outsouce liability so I got to move up fairly quickly.

Guy above is dead on, most people need a few internships to be able to shovel shit in the financial services industry. Salary is not great either.

>>3066767
Are there many quant investment firms in aus (other than optiver)?

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>>3065524
> i'm a bright guy just had to let go of this dream in the past for personal reasons. I was expelled from my high school will this affect me?

>>3065524
>I was expelled from my high school will this affect me?

I dropped out of high school when I turned 16, got my GED the next day, applied for Cornell the day after that, got my acceptance letter a week and a half later. As long as you can demonstrate that you aren't a moron (in my case got high GED, ACT, and SAT scores), you will be fine....at least in the USA. Can't comment on the UK.

>>3066767
>>3066410
This. The top investment banks recruit aggressively from select feeder schools, which tend to be in the upper strata.

And even then, your first 2 years are a living hell of assembling pitchbooks and being a grunt.

Also:
>I was expelled from my high school will this affect me?

Yeah, no. You're fucked.