good luck to ya dude. 99.9% of the people out there will just get a job at Best Buy or whatever and hang out until their mid to late 20s just to party it up and then get “serious” by getting an MBA from a no-name school in their area. Then when they are in their 30s they wonder why they never made anything of themselves. If I were you I would prob move to Chicago, cheaper then NYC/Boston/SF and your 15k will go further. 15k can prob last you ~8months in Boston if your cheap (roommates, basic phone, no car, no eating out)
how does chicago compare to the east coast for financial jobs? there seem to be so many firms there, but of course NYC has more, im just curious to see how people with more experience see the windy city
Just like to update everyone, I finally got a job… At a large (market share) e-commerce company specializing in Halloween costumes, as a business analyst… Much of our off season sales are “adult” themed costumes, so basically I’m getting paid to look at sexy nurse costumes in catalogs and do sales trend analysis and forecasting. Not a bad summer gig… Will this count as CFA experience? 
Congrats! You shook the tree hard enough and something fell out. Now, get the “sexy nurse” to stay late while you forecast how long it takes to git er dun.
My sincere congratulations.
Thanks guys. Yeah I’m a little psyched. I’ve signed up for the Dec Level 1 exam and if I pass I’ll go from there, and maybe use that (and the extra cash I’ll have) to get an (un)paid internship with one of my contacts I’ve been networking with; some of which have been mildly receptive. In the meantime, my investment decisions will be, primarily, choosing between “Racy Red Riding Hood” and “Bad Apple Snow White”.
How about clevage cinderella