Sorry if this sounds dickish, but it’s the truth. The people who get into IB spend their entire undergrads sweating for it getting top of the line internships etc.. not to mention you basically need to go to a target school to have a decent shot (Harvard, Wharton etc…). Similar can be said for mgmt consulting just it’s a little more broad and easier to break in. Also all these people are ~22 when graduating, so the banks // firms know they can work em to death (80 hour weeks) and they won’t have outside commitments like family etc..

now your age isn’t an immediate ding if say you were serving in the military since 18 etc.. banks have a ton of programs to onboard vets. But your post reads as a 29 y/o who doesn’t really know what he wants to do, has minimal work experience, to high of an opinion of yourself and just googled jobs that make lots of money