Rutgers Econ Major, as a feeder school to NYC firms

Hi everyone, this is my first time posting on WSO. I am currently attending Michigan State, I am a freshman. Just wondering about Rutgers-NB as a feeder school to the Big 4 Firms, and what school has a better reputation. I have sent out my transfer app to Rutgers for security because it is due on February 1st, but I wanted to hear some advice on what I should be doing. Also, what is a good minor to have paired with an Economics major. My ultimate goal is to become an Equity Research Analyst, and to work my way up in NYC! Thanks everyone.

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Hi Aman,

I'm an econ minor (computer engineering major) at Rutgers interning at a boutique investment bank this spring.

Rutgers' econ program is pretty averagely ranked, and I haven't heard anything exceptional about it. Rutgers Business School's Finance / Accounting majors are much more highly ranked

But Rutgers as a whole sends a ton of kids to Wall Street every year because we're so close to NY. We have a huge student club called Little Investment Bankers of Rutgers that places kids on wall street. Stay heavily involved, keep your GPA up and network, and I think you're pretty much guaranteed to land somewhere for equity research.

PM me if you have any more questions.

 

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