hey guys, I am senior who wants to go into IB. I was accepted into NYU stern and Cornell but I won’t be able to afford it unfortunately. So I am going to my cheapest college which is Penn State. I may try to transfer next year but I am not sure. If I don’t transfer what is some advice I can get to be able to get into IB? Out of curiosity, has anyone heard of seton hall university in IB
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You're telling me no institution will give you a loan for Cornell? Dude, Cornell is so worth the money. I know the $$ amount will seem like a lot, but the Ivy League name will shape your entire career, especially in your first 10 years of work experience where name matters over almost everything else.
Please speak with a counselor at Cornell, tell them your situation, and take out loans to make it work.
lmfao this is the most retarded piece of advice I've ever seen. If he's already on this website than he's an entire staircase ahead of this competition. I went to a slightly lower ranked school than Penn State and broke into a mid-tier and guess what, I'm doing it debt free. I got into better schools but had a similar situation. This guy has no idea what he's talking about OP, don't fall for the school debt meme.
Glad you broke in but recognize you’re an outlier. Hoards of finance kids at Penn State fight over how many BB/EB spots? Probably a small handful. and good luck getting an offer if you’re not in the nittany fund.
I would’ve went Cornell with debt, but penn state will offer a boatload more fun. The catch: much lower ceiling job-wise
dude the dumbasses on this website make you think that it is literally impossible to get into banking if you're not at Harvard. it's like one big shit test; "yOu'Re tHe eXcEpTiOn" sure, but it's because I grinded hard, it's not like some sort of automatic death sentence, the competition at non-targets is lower so it actually works to our advantage in that way. Yeah it's easier from a better school but I cannot imagine how it must feel dishing out 100k in tuition for a meme education (education is a commodity at this point because the internet has open-sourced education) just to end up at the same spot as someone like me. keep coping.
You can say education is a commodity all you want but ask yourself why BB/EB/MBB hire 90% of their analysts from elite schools. Getting into an elite school and excelling once you’re there is a great indicator of intelligence and ambition. People will keep paying for that as long as firms keep a list of target schools.
To OP, perhaps I overstated the difficulty of getting into IB from PSU. Since you’re only an incoming freshman and you’re diversity, if you work hard, keep the GPA up, get into the right clubs, and network with upperclassmen and alum you will be just fine.
Guess I'm part of that Chad 10% homie
Hahahahaha sure, congrats. You sound like a really cool dude using “chad” to gas yourself
Poster: Disregard the above person, and here's why:
It's an ivy league school and you're looking to go into a field that is full of elitism. With the earnings you'll get from getting a front office job that a school like Cornell will get you, that much in debt is nothing.
Base IB comp will be around 150k out of undergrad. That comp will increase substantially with experience. Even if you decide not to do Finance, the brand name will allow the poster to interview for jobs and at firms that will pay at least six figures and allow her to pay off the debt in no time.
First of all, congrats on your acceptance into those schools! You're clearly a smart and capable person, which means IMO you'll be able to break into IB from Penn State.
I was in a similar situation, turned down Georgetown/Northwestern/Duke type school for my state school. To echo points made above, I'm also a diversity candidate, and being in my school's clubs/recruiting early were huge.
Crush it at Penn State, get a really, really high GPA, solid ECs (leadership early on), and be prepared for diversity recruiting sophomore year. It's totally doable