Indiana/Villanova/Fordham/Rutgers for IB

WSO family, how's it going?

My little brother just got all his acceptances in and I was wondering what your thoughts are on the following for IB. Here are the final acceptances/stats:

1.) Indiana (Direct Admit to Kelley) - No scholarship/money given
2.) Villanova - No scholarship/money given
3.) Fordham - $22k/year scholarship
4.) Rutgers - Full ride

He's interested in banking, but parents are not looking to go into massive debt. Let me know what you guys think as I went to a non-target and can't really speak on the choices above.

Thanks a ton.

 
Best Response

Just based on Wall Street placement, this is my ranking of those 4 on what I've seen from my friends at those schools and people at my internships:

  1. Fordham (very good presence on the street)
  2. Villanova (decent UG business school--top 20, only know a few people all in MO/BO roles)
  3. Indiana Kelley (limited presence mostly in IB and RE)
  4. Rutgers (very little and mostly BO positions)

Of course other people probably know more, but there's a very strong Fordham presence on Wall Street. I've spoken to a few Fordham kids who say to get IB roles you have to be a top performer with a high GPA, etc.. but they have some recruiting so it's not a non-target.

Honestly though don't just pick on placement. It'll be a long 4 years otherwise.

 

Villanova or Indiana. I dont know why the guy above thinks Fordham has a good presence. Fordham places people in BO, MO and big 4 not FO! Of course there will be typical 3 or 4 guys breaking into FO from Fordham or that have moved from BO to FO but they are not actively recruited by BB for FO.

 

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