re: MS in Finance?

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You sound very similar to my situation. I did IA program sophomore year and got a decent internship. There have been occasions earlier in my career where I've worked two jobs, 40+ hours, on top of school and still managed to get a 3.6 for the semester. So I guess I'm a workhorse of sorts, a David Pollack if you will. These two factors will be what work to my advantage, and I'm hoping a couple of references I have can help me out. Other thing is that I think there is a realistic chance I can scrape 700 on the GMAT.

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The IA helps. I would definitely focus on getting above the 3.5 GPA psychological barrier. Are you a senior now? You should be getting ready to go balls to the wall on recruiting if you aren't already. You can focus on MS admittance late in the game, right now I wouldn't be nearly as concerned about that than trying to get a gig or at least networking for down the road.

Athanatos isn't a debbie downer, there are just only so many ops for non-targets, and LSU does not have a sizable alumni base in IB. Most people coming from LSU who break in have to carry the load themselves.