What's the best route, as far as education, to become an investment banker?

Question

What's the best route, as far as education, to become an investment banker?

Answer 1

"what" has the path pretty much down.

Without going to an ivy league school your chances of becoming an IB is slim to none.  

After that a few years of being an analyst (usually more that 2 to get into a top MBA program) score a high score on the GMAT and apply to a top MBA program.

If you get your degree you should be competitive for an IB job.

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Answer 2

An MBA with a specialization in Finance would be educative with respect to the objective of becoming an investment banker.

Happy studying,

Akash

http://www.narachinvestment.com

Answer 3

prep high school (something that either has the word "Prep" or phrase "Country Day" if possible), ivy college (major in finance, economics, or advance mathematics), become IB analyst, leave after 2 years, get MBA from M-7 school, back to IB till you turn 40 and retire.