Top 20 in order ranked schools for breaking into hedge fund from straight from undergrad. I know theres a list for ib but im curious how it differs for hf. Are there some under rated schools for hf. example: bowdoin , yale
| +23 | % of pods making 9 figures consistently? | 28 | 3h |
| +9 | Fastest Way to MMHF? | 3 | 39m |
| +6 | Credit HF Guys: How much do you think abt "value" | 7 | 1d |
| +6 | Bad PM | 1 | 15h |
| +4 | Amakor Capital - Who are these guys? | 2 | 3d |
| +3 | culture at citadel macro | 1 | 5d |
| +3 | 4 YOE in ER & 30 years old | 5 | 23h |
| +2 | 2+1 -> Start-up -> Publics? | 1 | 6d |
| +2 | Walleye SA 2027 | 3 | 1d |
Career Resources
Get instant access to lessons taught by experienced private equity pros and bulge bracket investment bankers including financial statement modeling, DCF, M&A, LBO, Comps and Excel Modeling.
Yale is not underrated at all lol. Its location is the location of hedge funds.
any more tier rankings like above^ (american schools only)
20 is too high
I agree that 20 is probably too large a number for an undergraduate program. According to WSO's HF Industry Guide (University Statistics):
1. Harvard University
2. University of Pennsylvania
3. New York University NYU
4. Columbia University
5. University of Chicago
6. Cornell University
7. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
8. Princeton University
9. University of California, Berkeley
10. Duke University
I'm guessing you're a high schooler? Just know that these are the same schools as investment banking (ivies, other top non-ivy schools like Stanford or UChicago). Honestly there aren't any target schools specifically for hedge funds except for the very top schools like Wharton or Stanford where you can get a role out of undergrad.
Another thing I'd like to mention. Going to a top school and thinking you'll succeed in a hedge fund is naive. If you are a high schooler right now, do things like writing a blog, creating a stock pitch, etc. You're lucky with the internet that a lot of knowledge has been democratized. You'll be surprised when you found out that most of the people in the industry who are so called "smart" just repeat the same shit they hear from their bosses or investing role models and go hide in the shadows when their fund does bad for a few years.
.
I interned at a hedge fund in undergrad and just interviewed for another one as a senior. Obviously if you go to HYPS you're going to have more access to people who have connections to the HF world but you also have to work for those opportunities bc all those other prestige caring kids all want to get a reference to citadel or their small neighborhood HF.
any others beside hyps?
Any school with a top finance program will do. Think NYU, Cal, UGA, or Notre Dame.
What’s the point of this thread? My mentor did his undergrad at rutgers and had a 10+ year career at a single manager everyone on this firm has heard of after bschool. Yes coming from an Ivy helps, but some of the smartest people in the industry come from non-traditional backgrounds. Paul Enright comes to mind.
damn he hustled from college of holy cross to morgan stanley and then viking. Did he have connections to get into MS coming from a non target pre 2008 when vast majority of bankers were from T20s?
Repellat labore dolor sed illo dolor iusto et. Nihil facilis autem excepturi sapiente beatae. Molestiae repellendus sit beatae officiis quas vel consequatur. Id mollitia rerum quia quis molestiae esse aut laboriosam. Dolorem vitae dolore non quo nihil iure. Voluptatibus quaerat dolorem sunt nihil nihil ut.
Eos debitis praesentium vitae aliquam et. Sed perferendis cumque impedit.
See All Comments - 100% Free
WSO depends on everyone being able to pitch in when they know something. Unlock with your email and get bonus: 6 financial modeling lessons free ($199 value)
or Unlock with your social account...