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Where did you go to school?

Curious to where everyone else went to school? Both Undergrad and MBA.

In addition, how does the Investment Banking world look at UC Berkeley Haas for both undergrad and MBA?

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SJFC07's picture

for bankers only

what is the biggest 'no-name' school (either undergrad or grad) that your co-workers went to? Do you ever give them a hard time for not being smart?

Just because you went to a

Just because you went to a non-targeted school doesn't mean you are stupid. It just mean that you have to work a lot harder to get yourself in front of the banks. Once you are in the door, it doesn't really matter what school you came from.

I went to Ohio State btw.

Kind of true actually. The

Kind of true actually. The smartest kid in my intern group, is actually from a non-target and this is a group where 85% of the kids are from ivies, top ten or oxbridge, imperial, lse, insead etc..

I went to a 'state' school

I went to a 'state' school in the UK, I suppose; University of Manchester.

A number of Baruch kids at

A number of Baruch kids at Lehman IB.

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