Hello all,
I have been wondering lately what some of the top schools for recruiting is (outside the Ivy League ), which place reasonably well, and have strong relationships and connections to Wall Street. Preferably northeast, however, if the school fits the criteria then that will do. Open to any serious suggestions.
Thank you!
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Duke, Michigan, and NESCAC colleges
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Thank you all for your recommendations, however I have a question about Georgetown and the NESAC schools, what is good about Georgetown and which are the top schools in NESAC? Thanks!
For internships and entry level jobs, employers often value your schools brand-name and alumni network over your actual abilities. Georgetown is attractive because of it's large alumni base in DC. Getting a internship or volunteering with some politician can open a lot of doors down the line.
In terms of academics/reputation/"name," the top NESCAC schools are Williams/Amherst; after that you have a mix of Middlebury/Wesleyan/Bowdoin/Tufts; then Colby/Bates/Hamilton/Trinity; then Connecticut College (which is kind of the black sheep of the league). It's obviously not a hard-and-fast ranking (i.e. I'm not going to argue if Colby is "better" than Tufts), but it's pretty clear that Williams/Amherst are the top two.
NYU Stern/UVA Mcintire
MIT
Middlebury, Williams, and Amherst will all provide great recruiting opportunities
what kind of school do you want? Big party school with finance-related majors and hot girls or a small private school with all different kinds of people and unique curriculum? If you kill it at a Umichigan or a Williams you'll have very similar opportunities, but Williams alumni will probably go further for you.
Anecdotal, but I've met UVA grads at every BB I've interviewed w/.
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United Kingdom
John Hopkins but no USC or Claremont?
USC definitely a target school for finance
My bad, I'll add those. After the first 10 USA ones, I started to get lazy.
Just to clarify, McIntire is UVA's undergraduate business (or as they call it, "commerce") school. Darden is their graduate business school.
I would add Middlebury College, Indiana University - Bloomington (Kelley) to this list.
Emory University (Goizueta)
SMU (Cox) lesser known but will give you some looks if you're in the Alts program www.smu.edu/Cox/CentersAndInstitutes/AlternativeAssetManagementCenter/F…
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Dartmouth
missing the point or trolling?
Cornell too
BC/nova
Bumping BC. Lowkey a really solid place for IB, from what I've been told.
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UVA hands down
One that I haven't seen yet here is Penn State (Main Campus). PSU places around 25 kids to the street each year with a very passionate alumni base and a strong Wall Street pipeline through their Nittany Lion Fund and Wall Street Training Programs.
Cornell and Brown
Adding Lehigh and Bucknell to the list
Haha year right..
georgetown uva mcintire michigan ross wash u olin mit stanford duke hopkins vanderbilt notre dame mendoza berkeley haas nyu stern bc carroll
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Specifically in Boston, BC/BU/Northeastern all have decent connections, with BC being at the top. However, I've seen kids from Northeastern in very strong groups due to their co-op program - think Morgan Stanley M&A/telecom/healthcare and Fidelity fixed income research.
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George Mason university
unc/uva/mich/berk
Indiana University - the workshop has 95%+ placement into banking
Can you pm me about the IU workshop?
Top non ivy undergrad schools (Originally Posted: 02/25/2013)
Basically outside of Ivy league what schools have the largest presence on wall street or in the finance industry in general? I was looking at NYU Stern but other than that im not sure where to even start.
I'm pretty sure a lot of people would disagree, but here are some good schools for finance:
1 - UMich (Ross)
2 - Duke
3 - Chicago
4 - UVA
5 - Notre Dame
6 - BYU
7 - UTAustin
8 - UCLA
9 - Georgetown
10 - CMU
Now don't everybody go and get your panties in a bunch ...these aren't rankings..just a list.
Hope it help.
Worst list of all time... ever
thanks, so NYU is still good though?
Add Indiana to the list
Yes NYU is still good. I'd toss UC-Berkeley and UNC on there too.
Duke and Stanford
also don't forget Caltech, MIT and Northwestern. They don't offer undergrad finance degrees, but are definitely target schools. especially the MIT.
Amherst, Williams, Vanderbilt
Really? Its a top tier school in general but comparing its overall standing to its wall street presence, I haven't seen it. Same thing with Middlebury..
yeah, pretty much you are looking at stanford and mit
if business.. add stern
Non-target, Top 30 Undergrad schools (Originally Posted: 06/15/2007)
What are your chances in NYC coming from a non-target, but top 30 undergraduate program like Emory or Wake Forest?
I know that jobs in Charlotte or Atlanta are more receptive to candidates from these programs, but how do they fare in NYC?
You can still get in if you've got top grades, and good experience, in my opinion.
I've heard of people getting hired to Wall Street firms right after college from schools that people squash all the time on this board (eg. University of Florida, Bucknell, Lehigh). Wake Forest and Emory are both VERY respectable schools.
I think that what he meant to say was this:
Depending on major...
It's obviously harder to get a job at a good/BB firm in NYC if they don't actively recruit on your campus. However, coming from a top 30 university should give you an edge on the kids coming from state schools trying to apply through networking (like you should be doing).
However, it still makes it a lot tougher. My best advice would be if you really want it, network your ass off. If you graduate without an offer, move to NYC and start networking. You should land a job within a few months. Hard work though, and stressful I'm sure (I never had to go that route).
Wake Forest and Emory are both schools that DO have on campus recruiting from banks. Obviously not to the extent of a Harvard or a Wharton, but they are actively recruited
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