Given these two kids, which one would you hire?
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on 12/13/11 at 7:49pm
First kid from Harvard with 3.4 GPA and 2200 SAT, PWM internship at small bank, economics major. Second kid from Johns Hopkins (or any other semi-target) with 3.8 GPA, 2400 SAT (ec's were not good in HS so didnt go to HYP, etc), IBD internship at BB, Financial econ major. Obviously this is made up. Just curious on opinions.





OMFG HOW COULD YOU EVEN
OMFG HOW COULD YOU EVEN ASK!??!?!?!!??!?!?!!!111111/////// HARVARD!!!!!!!!111one
SAT's dont matter for one
SAT's dont matter for one unless youre going in to trading. Also, youre not even a freshman, stop thinking about this shit.
“...all truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.”
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But seriously, Harvard kid
But seriously, Harvard kid hands down. In interviews you'll actually be asked, even if you went to Yale or Princeton, "Why should we take you over a 3.8 Harvard applicant?" No kidding.
winning 1 gold medal >
winning 1 gold medal > winning 1000 silver medals
Neither
Neither
Thanks for humoring me guys.
Thanks for humoring me guys. I guess unless you got in harvard, you are always behind no matter what. lol nice to know
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seedy underbelly wrote: But
But seriously, Harvard kid hands down. In interviews you'll actually be asked, even if you went to Yale or Princeton, "Why should we take you over a 3.8 Harvard applicant?" No kidding.
what is up with your non-stop hating on princeton and yale?
Second kid. Plenty smart
Second kid. Plenty smart enough and he apparently works harder, and to the extent that he has a chip on his shoulder about having to answer stupid questions like, "Why should we choose you over a 3.8 Harvard kid," he's likely to want to prove himself. Not even a close decision. Not everyone in the industry is prestige-retarded (although the majority are).
John Hopkins kid
John Hopkins kid
Just a sophomore looking for an opportunity to start up this dream of mine.
Whichever kid interviews
Whichever kid interviews better.
john hopkins is depressing 1
john hopkins is depressing
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ivoteforthatguy wrote: seedy
But seriously, Harvard kid hands down. In interviews you'll actually be asked, even if you went to Yale or Princeton, "Why should we take you over a 3.8 Harvard applicant?" No kidding.
what is up with your non-stop hating on princeton and yale?
Not hating on either. Both are top schools. I was just using them as examples to show how idiotically prestige-obsessed some banks are. One wonders if there's even a difference between a 3.8 at P and one at H, but somehow banks think they're worlds apart, and expect you to prove that you're just as smart as the H kid.
is this a hypothetical? i've
is this a hypothetical? i've forgotten more prestige whores than most will ever meet and i cannot imagine such a question ever coming out of an interviewer's mouth.
^ Are you serious? Almost
^ Are you serious? Almost everyone I know, from people at Cornell to those at Yale, has been asked this question. :o
seedy underbelly wrote: Not
Not hating on either. Both are top schools. I was just using them as examples to show how idiotically prestige-obsessed some banks are. One wonders if there's even a difference between a 3.8 at P and one at H, but somehow banks think they're worlds apart, and expect you to prove that you're just as smart as the H kid.
I feel like this is flat out untrue.
I also get the feeling that the general consensus is that a 3.8 is harder to get at Princeton than Harvard due to less grade inflation.
Sure they might ask the question, or some variation. I know I got something similar at nearly every interview, but 9 times out of 10, it is just to see how you handle it under stress. If they truly felt that an average student at Harvard was better than you, you wouldn't be there in the first place. The boutiques especially would have no trouble filling an entire class with slackers from Harvard.
having been on both sides of
Whichever kid I'd rather
I have absolutely been asked
Considering both 2400 and
3.8 at princeton would get
yourdreamtheater wrote: 3.8
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I'd hire the hungrier kid. In
A lot of people do certain things to add days to their life. I do things to add life to my days.
harvard kid
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First of all, the Harvard kid
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Second kid easily. He's
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I'd hire the JHU kid. 3.4
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I'm slightly biased but I'd
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