How can I spend the gap year better to break into PE/IBD?
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Please help me out here. I am going to graduate from a top technical university in Germany soon with a master degree in electrical engineering. However in the second year at school I realized this is not the place which I want to end up with. Then I started reading financial books and materials from webs. My ultimate goal is to break intoPEorIBD。
My plan is to firstly apply for a top master program in finance within Europe. I've contacted with few b-schools, seems like it won't be a problem for me to receive an offer from one of them. But the problem is I've missed out the application deadline for 2012 fall because of some stupid reasons. So I have to wait for another year. How should I spend this gap year? Would one year's experience in industry be helpful for the future career in finance, or I should just try as hard as I can to find a finance relevant position, or even this wholeMSF想法完全是胡说八道吗？
Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated!
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I'm not certain how far anMSF会帮助您IBDand/or buyout private equity. From what I understand,MSF毕业生倾向于进入贸易and对冲基金worlds.
Thanks Sandhurst. I think there is a misinterpretation ofMSF在这里，也许我对此错了。我用了MSFas a general designation for all financial related programs that are distinctively differentiated from MFE. To my knowledge many of the European b-schools offerMSFprograms but with accent on eitherIBorcorporate finance或其他。当然，我会拿第一个。
btw, ifMSF毕业不是主要来源PE, then what?MBA和2个以上的银行家？
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I don't know nor care about your financial conditions but why not try to get a job for the interim period? Save up some cash for b-school and develop some professional experience.
如果您实际上很认真地从事金融职业，尽管您只是在电气工程领域担任硕士学位：
Get an internship / internships inIB/PE/VC/finance during your gap year. It will put you in a MUCH better situation for recruiting if you enroll in aMSFin fall 2013, especially considering MSF's are only 1 year long. Without any previous/past experience in finance, getting a英尺工作，即使是顶部MSFwill be difficult and an uphill battle.
否则，请在您的工程学位上找到一份真正的工作，并工作3 - 5年，然后回去MBA并进入金融。
感谢您的洞察力，Brutalglide。
Do you think getting a research work or whatever from professors in finance department would be a reasonable choice?
I've seen some senior students of mine follow the "3+ years of EE job experience ->MBA- >IB/PE“正如您在最后一点点提到的那样。但是我怀疑什么扩展EE工作经验会有助于他们未来的金融职业，除非这是行业领导者的一项与财务相关的工作。但是，在行业中获得金融工作并不容易对于EE毕业生来说，这是所有的。所以我想我会坚持实习。
获得“ Brutalglide”表明的相关演出似乎是理想的。也许，借助您的EE知识，您可以在信誉良好的行业领导者中获得金融演出？它可能有助于您的过渡故事，并且industry knowledge is alwaysan asset.
我的卑鄙看法。
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