Not sure if anyone quite fits into my situation, it's somewhat unique.... I know this will be a long winded story but I wouldnt be doing my background justice if I didn't tell you.
I wasn't the most attentive student in high school, and ended up with generally crappy grades, though I didn't really care because at that point I had no interest in pursuing higher education. However, surprise surpise, it dawned on me that I had to do something with my life, so i enrolled in the local state funded university the town over. It turns out that my lack of enthusiam for school spilled over into college and I ended up failing two courses and being kicked out of the school. At the time I was a part timer, so I believe that, combined with my low GPA in high school contributed to the harsh move by administration.
This was a very huge blow, and turned out to be the motivator I needed. Unfortunatley, no university would end up taking me with my grades so I was forced to go to community college, and I opted for a hotel/restaurant management degree. Went there for two years and earned a 3.8 GPA. During my time there I realized I had no desire to get into the hospitality business and decided to get by bachelors in business. I was very motivated at college and got a 4.0 GPA in the two years I was there.
Was able to get a credit analyst role in the middle market group of a supra regional bank where I spent two years.
Latest job has been a six month stint at another supra regional bank working in the loan syndications group. This is a fairly high profile group within the bank and gets to work on all the large loan transactions, so I know it's positive from a B-school perspective. From this position I would have a good shot getting into the I-banking group of a larger bank.
Currently a CFA LII candiate as well. Played hockey in HS if that counts for anything.
I haven't taken the GMAT yet, but was wondering how detrimental my community college background and the fact I was in three different colleges before I got my bachelors would be.
PLEASE HELP!!!!
Honestly, (preemtively) I really appreciate the feedback.
I wasn't the most attentive student in high school, and ended up with generally crappy grades, though I didn't really care because at that point I had no interest in pursuing higher education. However, surprise surpise, it dawned on me that I had to do something with my life, so i enrolled in the local state funded university the town over. It turns out that my lack of enthusiam for school spilled over into college and I ended up failing two courses and being kicked out of the school. At the time I was a part timer, so I believe that, combined with my low GPA in high school contributed to the harsh move by administration.
This was a very huge blow, and turned out to be the motivator I needed. Unfortunatley, no university would end up taking me with my grades so I was forced to go to community college, and I opted for a hotel/restaurant management degree. Went there for two years and earned a 3.8 GPA. During my time there I realized I had no desire to get into the hospitality business and decided to get by bachelors in business. I was very motivated at college and got a 4.0 GPA in the two years I was there.
Was able to get a credit analyst role in the middle market group of a supra regional bank where I spent two years.
Latest job has been a six month stint at another supra regional bank working in the loan syndications group. This is a fairly high profile group within the bank and gets to work on all the large loan transactions, so I know it's positive from a B-school perspective. From this position I would have a good shot getting into the I-banking group of a larger bank.
Currently a CFA LII candiate as well. Played hockey in HS if that counts for anything.
I haven't taken the GMAT yet, but was wondering how detrimental my community college background and the fact I was in three different colleges before I got my bachelors would be.
PLEASE HELP!!!!
Honestly, (preemtively) I really appreciate the feedback.
