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DO you have to go to TOP BUSINESS SCHOOL to work around WALL STREET?

im in high school bad grades no way i will get into a top B=school and i honestly could carealess most those ivy students amount to nothing anyway... i am a great trader i want to work as a proprietary trader then after years of success start my own hedge fund or limited partnership... Trust me i know my business the reason my grades are so bad is cuz i skip a lot of school to follow the markets and i read alot about the stock market and finance... i enjoy it alot also ... even when i lose money i just laugh and tell myself ill make it back so im different from most... i took a career test thing in career ed and it labeled me perfectionist only 1% of the american population scored this sooo im thinking maybe im ment to do something great but im worried that because i did not or will not go to top b-school i will not make it... most top hedge fund managers did indeed go to top 20 b schoool... but they dont return over 100% everyyear for the past 5 yeears!! so what can i do to make it??

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1. To work there, no. To reach the pinnacle of success, yes. Positions such as Executives for top firms are monopolized entirely by the elite of Ivy League schools that offer no more in education than anywhere else, but own the controlling positions in the industry. Like in the Military, you can be an officer, but to reach the pinnacle you will have graduated from West Point or Annapolis. Like in Hollywood, you will be a confirmed, dedicated, leftist traitor coward, but if you want to rule, you better have come from their elite institutions like Berkley or San Quentin.
2. go to college. go to a state college for a couple of years, then transfer to a real school after you get good grades in college. then get an entry level analyst job (anywhere) and work on becoming a CFA Charterholder. After a few years working, go to a good b-school for your MBA. from there, you can get into i-banking or whatever you want to do. I figure when I get my MBA in a few years, i'd be surprised/annoyed (maybe shocked/pissed, actually) if i wasn't making at least 500k/year. realistically, it should be well above 600k. but the one thing that i will suggest is that you definitely need to do well on your SATs. even when you're doing MBA recruiting, a lot of banks will ask for your SAT scores (some will ask for your high school GPA, too, though this is a bit less important).