Boston University versus USC
Im currently a Boston University student who major in business and concentrating in finance. I've got transfer admission to USC Marshall School of Business and have to decide soon. My career goal is to get in investment banking industry and want to have my future career on the east coast. Even though both of these schools are not target schools, which one should i get so that i could have bigger chance? Should i accept USC's admission or should i just stay in BU? Where would be easier to achieve my goal? Does USC attract bulge bracket firm to recruit on campus? how many USC marshall grads land jobs in these firms every year? Also, if i go to USC i would probably go to the investment bank office on the west; if i go to Boston i would probably go to the boutique investment bank in Boston; is it easier to transfer from west to east in the same bulge bracket firm or is it easier to transfer from boutique to bulge bracket on the east coast
The absolute best thing about USC is the alumni!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You are set for life!!!!!!!! I swear to God! BUT, a vast majority of the connections will be in beautiful California.
Hope this helps. Oh, and congrats on getting into USC! I wish I could have gone there!
Although this guy sounds like a 12 year old, puberty stricken child who beats off to red&yellow trojan horse pictures, USC does trump BU. USC does attract BB firms, but keep in mind htat these are mainly west coast. You will have a good shot at IB if you are decently hard-working and not socially awkward, then you'll do fine.
you are planning way far in advance for transferring. how do you even know you want to do banking instead of AM or S&T.
anyways USC has a strong alumni network and BU does not. if you are social enough, the alumni network can work wonders.
And the girls at USC...
USC football.... haha wooooooomp
And the football program... Oh wait lol
edit: wow you beat me to it
PM me if you would like to know more about USC and banking related opportunities
All the BBs from LA and SF recruit heavily at USC. Would be a bit harder to get to a NY BB but could definitely happen.
They recruit, but dont offer unless you're one of the top 5kids. The same 10 interview for every position. Every bank takes 1 student = total of 10 students. Give or take a few each year.
That is such an exaggeration... the summer analyst class this year for USC was around 15+ students. Even the LA office (which is smaller than SF office) takes more than 1 or 2 kids.
And how big was the class?
Go to USC. Better program and better quality of life.
USC has a way better alum network gets u into BB's
Just graduated from SC.
Hottest girls, best weather, great nightlife.
I still dont see why its not considered a target for banking. BC/UBS/GS/JPM/BAML all recruit heavily at our school, taking at least 1-2 interns per summer for their LA office.
Keep in my your competition out here is UCLA, Cal, Stanford and Claremont McKenna.
^^^ it's not considered a target because you said, they take 1-2 interns per summer (and don't say that not a lot of students want banking, because i'm sure there are wayyy more than 1-2 people that want it, especially with the big asian population they have).. top targets usually have SA's in the 10+ for multiple banks.
all USC alumni I know roll around here in southern california, but the OP wants to work on the east coast. If the OP wanted to stay in california, USC would be the obvious choice (of the two). Besides, he asked the question in regards to career goals on the east coast, and not about culture, girls, and life.
Meant to say 1-2 per bank per summer.
^^^ i know that's what i assumed you said.. regardless though, targets send 5-10x as many kids a summer PER bank than USC. If you think 1-2 interns per bank is a good (which comes out to 15 students maybe with all BB's hiring combined), it's really not. Targets maybe send that number out to LA alone, not counting NY, SF, Chicago, Atlanta, etc. The OP wants to work on the east coast, why would he come to USC with that goal in mind? USC mafia really applies to southern california...
and yes, I was never a fan of USC- i have always been a UCLA fan, but that doesn't mean what I said isn't true.
well, the offices in the west coast were never big to begin with, so they usually hire around 5-10 interns for each bank in total, depending on deal flow and their size.
I just consider targets as schools that consistently have students go to banks and banks recruit on campus. Many schools don't even have banks knocking on their doors... Yes, if you want to work on the east coast, USC might not be the best choice, but you prob have a better shot than attending BU, because the business program is still by far superior. However, it's very very tough to break into NY from USC. The school brings top students to NY every year for a networking trip, visiting companies like Blackstone and Blackrock, and sending our resumes to alumni recruiters directly, resulting in offers. But other than that, most SC kids don't want to move out of Cali to begin with, plus the NY banks don't really take west coast schools other than Stanford seriously...
yes sorry, i forgot to take into account that LA offices are much smaller. However, i can't say that if granted the chance, that a lot of SC kids would go to NY for a couple of years and then move back (what i'm thinking about doing.. minus the SC part)
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