I didn't graduate college. I work at an HFT. Nobody cares where you went to school or what your major might have been. I work with some people that dropped out

I didn't graduate college. I work at an HFT. Nobody cares where you went to school or what your major might have been. I work with some people that dropped out of high school. The only things that matter are whether they believe you can currently help the company and if you can reach agreement to some terms under which you will do so. It is true that HFTs are more easily accessible to top schools but that's largely due to employee alumni networks and HFTs sending recruiters to school mixers and competitions. We sponsor competitions/hackathons at places like CMU and MIT (and send recruiters/reps to network/scout). If you go to $StateSchool, just apply through the usual channels (check websites for internships/graduate roles). If you can pass the automated tests, you'll get a phone/video chat screening.