Transfer after first year.

Currently Attend Villanova University and am enrolled in the business school. I am looking at: UVA, UPenn, Georgetown, UT austin, Cornell aem, and USC. I had a 3.8 in high school, with a significant upward trend junior and senior year got a 4.3 senior year. SAT Math-650, Reading-650, writing-680. ACT-29. I was involved in high school and have work experience, two financial internships and a year working at a restaurant. Currently at Villanova I am in the fixed income society, multicultural society and a few others so I am involved. I am shooting for a 3.8 but worse case should have a 3.6. Any thoughts my number 1 choice is UVA and I am in state.

9 Comments
 

Upenn / Georgetown and Cornell are clearly the most prestigious institutions on that list and the ones you should shoot for.... but they sound pretty stretchy.

UT, UVA and USC are all respectable though, and they'd be a huge step of from Nova... so long as you get good grades at one of these three you could be on your way.

 

Firstly there are a number of reasons for transferring. Most importantly going to a better school that will help get a job in IB. Others are the lack of diversity, cost, etc. Fixed income society is a business society in which we meet and talk about bonds. Thanks for the opinions any others.

 

There's no hazing and its not intense. They have a portfolio, first we go through traning and then we talk about which bonds to invest in. Any more opinions on these schools compared to villanova and how hard they might be to get into realtive to my academic performance and ecs

 

can anybody tell me how nova ranks with the following schools for getting into HF? and if its worth it to transfer if I want to get into that?

 

Reprehenderit a unde ipsa ex doloremque voluptate quo. Ut minus ad voluptatibus vel reprehenderit id est. Iste velit quisquam dolor temporibus dolorem.

Autem sit voluptates id in quo dolorem aliquid. Non voluptas saepe voluptatem debitis iusto architecto. In ducimus sit corrupti esse aut at aut.

One of those lights, slightly brighter than the rest, will be my wingtip passing over.

Career Advancement Opportunities

June 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.4%
  • Moelis & Company 01 98.8%
  • JPMorgan 01 98.2%
  • Guggenheim Partners 01 97.7%
  • Morgan Stanley 07 97.1%

Overall Employee Satisfaction

June 2026 Investment Banking

  • Moelis & Company No 99.4%
  • Morgan Stanley 02 98.8%
  • Evercore 01 98.2%
  • BMO Capital Markets 12 97.6%
  • Banco Santander 01 97.1%

Professional Growth Opportunities

June 2026 Investment Banking

  • Moelis & Company No 99.4%
  • Evercore No 98.8%
  • Morgan Stanley 05 98.2%
  • JPMorgan No 97.7%
  • BMO Capital Markets 12 97.1%

Total Avg Compensation

June 2026 Investment Banking

  • Vice President (14) $434
  • Associates (43) $259
  • 3rd+ Year Analyst (8) $210
  • 2nd Year Analyst (22) $179
  • Intern/Summer Associate (13) $156
  • 1st Year Analyst (75) $151
  • Intern/Summer Analyst (68) $101
notes
16 IB Interviews Notes

“... there’s no excuse to not take advantage of the resources out there available to you. Best value for your $ are the...”

Leaderboard

1
redever's picture
redever
99.2
2
kanon's picture
kanon
99.0
3
Secyh62's picture
Secyh62
99.0
4
BankonBanking's picture
BankonBanking
99.0
5
GameTheory's picture
GameTheory
98.9
6
Betsy Massar's picture
Betsy Massar
98.9
7
CompBanker's picture
CompBanker
98.9
8
dosk17's picture
dosk17
98.9
9
DrApeman's picture
DrApeman
98.9
10
numi's picture
numi
98.8
success
From 10 rejections to 1 dream investment banking internship

“... I believe it was the single biggest reason why I ended up with an offer...”