Hamilton vs. Tufts for BB IB
Is it true that as far NESCACs go, the rankings are Williams, Amherst, Midd, and Bowdoin in that order?
Apparently Hamilton is a low semi for Goldman only and no other BB IBs; please confirm if this is true, but Tufts seems like the biggest oddball ever lmao cause some people say its a solid semitarget all the way to nontarget (i.e the only way you can get a BB IBD position is through family connections) and there's pretty much no consensus. Please help and thanks for the advice!
I don’t know anything about the Nescac schools
Williams, Amherst, and Middlebury(to some extent) have a very established pipeline into certain BB's to place at least a few kids into them.
Tufts is much better than Hamilton. I personally know multiple people from tufts who placed into BB (albeit not GS/JPM/MS). Hamilton is kind of ass I’m ngl
edit: some angry Hamilton alum is MSing any comments that shit on their mid ass college it’s okay bro ur good
Is Tufts worse than Bowdoin? IIRC NESCAC IB rankings are Williams, Amherst, Midd, Bowdoin/Tufts (whichever one you advise on lol), Hamilton, Colby, Bates, etc.
Imo Tufts > Bowdoin but that’s just personal bias because I think it’s a better school overall. For every person who says tufts is better there is another who says Bowdoin is better tbh. Can’t really go wrong there.
Tufts has more clout to the general public than Bowdoin if that’s any sway
I'd say NESCAC rankings go Amherst, Williams, Middlebury, Tufts, Bowdoin, Wesleyan, Colby, Hamilton, Bates, Trinity, Conn. So yes, Tufts is a solid amount stronger than Hamilton. Also has a larger alumni network.
Traditionally it is: Williams, Amherst, Middlebury, Bowdoin, Tufts, Wesleyan, Colby, Bates, Hamilton, Trinity, Conn College. Could swap Wesleyan / Bates / Colby a bit. This is for the standard pipelines that exist each year. It can vary year to year with folks at firms leaving. Big reason why Williams is #1 is because they have more students interested in finance therefore entering finance and maintaining their pipelines, compared to students at Tufts for example generally interested in STEM / CompSci paths. Amherst / Bowdoin / Middlebury you will find students interested in nearly every career, limiting their constant finance presence each year.
That being said, there are seniors at elite firms from nearly every NESCAC, so with networking and grit, it is possible from each school. Coming from Williams, Amherst, Middlebury, Bowdoin, and Tufts, with hard work and networking, any firm / group on the street is fair game. Look at LinkedIn past offers for proof.
Colgate isn't a Nescac school, but where would you rank it in that list?
Hamilton vs Tufts for BB? You mean Goldman vs JPM? Solomon vs Dimon?
Seriously in this case would not recommend choosing a college based on target ranking for IB recruiting. As others have stated there are very senior (in two cases actual top of the house...) bankers across all BB from both of these schools. The difference one over the other would make in your odds of recruiting are negligible IMO - pick the school you like better.
Unless you're just asking out of curiosity, in which case, maybe find better more interesting things to be curious about.
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