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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Kid is a drama queen [/quote]

OP here.  No, kid isn't.  Quite the opposite.  
I know about this because he was grumpy about a test and I was like, 'chill out, you're doing great" and he shared that the upperclassmen talk about how "you need a 4.0 if you want XYZ internship" which may just be a very top finance internship but my kid heard as being any good econ/finance internship. 
And I can share further that my DC is not even sure he wants to go into finance. But the social pressure to consider this career path is SO HIGH at the Ivies. It's all anyone is doing. My son is bright, naturally a STEM brain, doesn't want to be an engineer so he's considering it. [/quote]
OP it takes what it takes, each ivy is different with regard to being top 1/4 or better.
At Brown, as A- and A are both counted 4.0, and 45-60% of any given class gets A range, yielding a median graduating GPA of 3.9, thus yes a 4.0 is needed for top finance, top law, top med, every "top".
 At my kid's grade deflated ivy, Jane St and other top finance, or MBB, or top law/med, goes to 3.9+ all the time. Less than 15% of stem courses receive true A(4.0), thus having some A- or an occasional B+ are common. Median overall is around 3.7; 3.9 is quite impressive there. The engineers often get top (quant) finance over others even if a little below 3.9.[/quote]

Similar experience at a public ivy.  Lower gpa 3.7+ but took a lot of advanced math classes got quant  finance. offers. But they cared less about gpa more about getting past the assessments and.interview rounds.  Now pe, hedge funds and long short are reaching out  since quant internships are well regarded and they didn’t even care about gpa were more interested in their experiences at the firm. [/quote]

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