Choosing A College And More
Hello!
I am a current senior in high school and aspire to have a career on Wall Street in investment banking.
I have committed to the University of Maryland, College Park at the Robert H. Smith School of Business for the major of finance. Today, I was also accepted off the waitlist for the University of Wisconsin-Madison as a pre-business student in the College of Letters and Science. I will have the ability to apply for admission to the Wisconsin School of Business in my first year at UW-Madison. I was also waitlisted at the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor for the Ross School of Business, so I'm just waiting on that to come through. I have a couple of questions for you, and would greatly appreciate if you could answer them.
Out of the University of Maryland, College Park and the University of Wisconsin-Madison, which one would you recommend for breaking into Wall Street for investment banking? Will going to one of these college make it easier to get in than the other? Please keep in mind that for the University of Maryland, College Park, I was admitted to the business school for finance, while for the University of Wisconsin-Madison, I was admitted as a pre-business student in the College of Letters and Science and will have the ability to apply for admission to the Wisconsin School of Business in my first year at UW-Madison.
I have another question about Wall Street recruitment. At the University of Maryland, College Park, and the University of Wisconsin-Madison, are there any clubs, organizations, societies, etc. that will be essential to be in to break into Wall Street? If so, how hard is it to get into these clubs, organizations, societies, etc.? I have heard that some major investment banking companies from Wall Street heavily recruit from these clubs, organizations, societies, etc., and it is absolutely essential to be in these.
Thank you for taking the time to answer my questions. Please let me know if my questions are not clear and you need clarification. Thank you again!
Hey, I have little knowledge of either Wisconsin or UMD. I will say I have seen some people from Wisconsin in IB, but none I can think of from UMD (and I'm a DMV resident). Definitely go for Ross if you get in thats a no brainer.
To help you decide, I would go to linkedin and use the more filters button to sort by school, select UMD of Wisconsin, then type investment banking or investment banking analyst into the search bar. Alternate methods are sorting by school, then selecting any bank you can think of as current or even past company. You will likely have to name LMM or foreign balance sheet banks in order to find more placements. You can find what banks are LMM/foreign on other threads here.
I would also recommend reaching out to university career services (long shot and keep in mind they will likely try to sell you). If you know any alumni or current students definitely reach out to those as well.
This sounds like it was written by an AI. Just write Wisco and Maryland.
I'd probably go with Maryland though, just network and take an interest in the industry.
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Maybe go have a beer like a normal person and stop being a weirdo
jj
Then I guess no one in their freshman and sophomore years of college drinks… cmon now
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Why do you type like an autist?
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Yes indeed, I became one after reading through your post to the investment banking forum on WallStreetOasis.
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