Wisconsin, UNC, UIUC,UCLA. for banking?
Will I have a shot at getting into i-banking from these schools?
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low, there are some ibanks in cali but the wall street firms dont recruit at any of those schools. keep a high gpa, 3.9+.
i'm guessing you're in highschool and deciding between them. if that's the case, I'd go with ucla and then bust your ass off and transfer to nyu stern or something better.
of course you'll have a shot; the real question is how great are your chances at those particular schools.
Personally, I go to UIUC and many of my friends and I have been successful breaking into this competitive industry. I'll be interning at a BB this summer in Chicago. The majority of the banks that recruit here are for the Chicago office; however, you can request to interview with the NY offices.
The following banks recruit at our school: GS, ML, Lazard, Citi, DB, Bear Sterns, BofA, UBS, JPM
A handful of boutiques and middle market firms recruit here as well (i.e. Robert Baird, Lincoln International, William Blair, HLHZ)
I'm sure I missed a few but generally each bank takes 1-5 people per year.
However if I were you, I would choose UCLA/UNC, I'm willing to bet that recruiting at UNC and UCLA is very good, if not better than UIUC. Can't really speak much about Wisconsin.
Honestly though, why are you thinking about this (assuming you're a senior). You should go to college and enjoy yourself.
How many of us got internships?
And to the OP, prospective UIUC bankers do have the benefit of having the Big 4 reducing possible competition. Most accy majors don't think of doing anything besides Big 4. It is usually the same 25 or 30 kids vying for the banker positions. If you are qualified, you will end up at a Bank as long as you don't mind Chicago.
Don't discourage him from thinking. I didnt do any career thinking until 2 years into college. I wasn't even top quarter in my PUBLIC high school, only got a 3.2 gpa in college, AFTER i transfered. Im STILL playing catchup, whereas if someone told me in HS to stop screwing around and spend half as much time on homework as on video games, I could have gone to a NESCAC, transferred to an ivy, and be working for a bb no problem.
Its scary to think about how much your freshman yearh high school grades at age 14 affect your future.
Most, and I quote MOST, people dont have a problem kicking back in hs and college.
don't listen to people who tell you to be a "college kid". if you can get top notch grades and rock everything and still have fun, that's great, but chances are you won't be able to have fun if you aren't at an Ivy. just bust your ass and transfer.
UBS LA recruits on campus at UCLA.
I guess I should have reworded that last sentence.
I didn't mean to discourge him from considering banking; however, I don't think he should have the mentality that banking is the only viable career to pursue.
Learning to excel in your classes while having a great social life is the most important lesson you'll learn in college (IMO anyways).
Good luck
UCLA recruiting includes Goldman, MS, UBS, Lehman, JP Morgan, etc. Not saying we're a target (probably more of a semi-target), but the top at UCLA certainly get looks. So, if you can do well at UCLA, you're going to get good opportunities. However, it might be kind of difficult if you want to work in NYC.
Sorry, I can't really speak for the other schools, but hope that helps.
UCLA is sending at least two to GS NY next year, one to TMT
gets the following banks in herds: B of A, Wachovia, Lehman, and MS to a certain extent.
thanks for all the replies, everyone has been really informative
Almost all of the big banks will recruit from UCLA, Illinois, and UNC. The only issue is that most banks won't take more than a few from each of these, so unless you're the absolute fucking top of the class, it will be really hard to distinguish yourself from the literally thousands of other kids at your school applying for the same positions. Some kids obviously are able to do it, but transferring to another school with a smaller student body with which to compete and larger presence on Wall Street could make for a more enjoyable college experience.
What state do you live in?
I live in Florida
GS, Leh Bros., Citi, MS, ML, CS LA, UBS LA, DB, BoA, HLHZ, Jefferies, RBS, Wells Fargo, Macquarie all actively recruit from UCLA. Most of them are for the west coast offices, but candidates sent to NY are not rare.
gets ML, MS, BofA, Lazard, Wachovia, Lehman, Citi, JPM - basically every BB or large bank except Goldman plus all of the MM banks that I can think of and won't bother listing.
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