I'll start with a short introduction. My name is Nicholas and I was born in the Midwest area, Wisconsin to be exact. I attended a public high school and achieved a 3.4 ish GPA and a 23 on my ACT. (not as smart as I would like to be). I am going to be attending a non-target state school with a well known Business/Finance program UWEC. During high school I never really did work outside of school or cared about my grades as long as they were above a B I was happy. I am now graduated and going off to college. During the last semester of senior year I was undecided in what I wanted to do. I was thinking about becoming a physicist.......until I watched the Big Short. This was my first introduction to the financial world around me.
After watching the movie I began to apply myself and starting reading everything I could about finance and Big Banks and PE.
Has been read--(Capitalism and Freedom By: Milton Friedman, More Money Than God By:Sebastian Mallaby)
Currently reading--(King of Capital By:David Carey and John E. Morris) currently my favorite read thus far
On deck--(The Intelligent investor, Liar's Poker, The Alchemy of Finance ) or other recommendations
Last Saturday my cousin who is an engineer came to my house from Texas and we saw my book on the counter (King of Capital) The book is about Steve Schwarzman and Blackstone. He approached me and stated how his company was bought out by Blackstone and how the world revolves around finance. He recommended this site to me because I am trying to get my foot in the door. Right now I am trying to become and analyst from a non-target state school (as it is right now I have little to no chance of getting hired by a BB or Boutique). Because my school is for the most part unknown I am not sure what steps to take.
My current goals are
-to get a 4.0 gpa
-Start an Investment Banking club like UW Madison
-network as much as possible
-Possibly transfer to a target school/semi target school (maybe sophomore year). Currently looking at Madison, University of Chicago, UPenn, Duke, NYU, and Other suggestions.
As a upcoming freshman in college how can I get a desk with my name on it on Wall Street.
I aspire to get into PE eventually but I have learned I have a long road ahead or me. I might get into hedge funds as well but I'm not completely sure as of right now
Thank you for reading this ungodly long post
Nicholas H
(sorry for spelling error or messed up words. Dyslexic and Typing while I am exited)
open to suggestions for target schools to transfer to and reading recommendations