Hi, I just though it would be useful to have kinda an official list of the most heavily recruited schools for analyst positions at BB and MM. I know the ivies and likes are there but I was surprised that some schools like villanova, Indiana Univ. , U Wisc and some others have quite a presence too....so keep posting about whatever you know about.
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1-go to a career website of a bulge bracket bank. 2-find the area "which schools we visit"
3-use itDisclaimer: The post above has been made by someone who is not currently employed in IBD, and has not had an interview yet...
I hear Penn State is also visited by BB
And Texas
Ivey and Queens get BB's, moreso Ivey.
Agree with Texas (I went there).
GS, MS, Citi, ML, CSFB, LEH, JPM, BAS, Bear, DB, UBS, Blackstone, Greenhill & Lazard
were all on campus when I went to school there.
The problem with visiting the career websites of top banks is that the lists sometimes have a few random shit schools because an MD went there, and that is misleading. You'd have to look at a TON of banks' websites and see which schools show up over and over.
This seems like a good list. The giant state schools like Penn State, Texas, Arizona, etc. are not targets. You can get into FO roles from them but it's more a numbers game than anything as some group of students out of 10-15k a class will get jobs from being a top student or having some connections. If you combine the class of 2013 at ALL the ivies they won't have as many kids as one class at some of those state schools.
Wharton alone sends over 100+ kids a year into IB, THAT is a target. The other schools on the list quoted won't do quite that well but will still have a significant amount compared to their class size AND number of students actually even interested in banking.
UT austin for eg is coming up again and again as a target school...but i haven't seen it on the list of 'visited schools' at that many banks...so i guess the list should not be the only source to get this information..
How is Texas A&M with regard to iBanking..
how is tufts?
I don't many people from aTm who get into banking, the ones that do, do well. A friend of mine from aTm worked with me at GS and now is at a top 10 hedge fund.
I know who are you talking about, was a client of mine when i was energy sell-side. has worked at several top shops. Awesome person to boot.
North Carolina, they're right up there with the Duke/UVA/Cal/Mich group.
illinois is up there too.
Okay, people. This is not a thread where you post where you go/went to school.
HA! Was thinking the same thing...
Vanderbilt and Indiana Also, northeastern LAC's
hmm North Carolina as in NC State...coz I am not too sure about that.....
Back to my question about A&M....is it one of those schools where people dont go into banking because the general career goals of the students is not inclined that way or is it the kind of school which is a complete non-target and getting into ibanking is very hard?
and NC St are two different schools. UNC business school is consensus top-10 or 15 undergrad, and top-10 or 20 MBA (I don't (and didn't) go there). I don't know if NC St. even has a business curriculum.
aTm is b/c it is a non-target and so getting into banking is very hard. the 1-2 people i know who did it got in through connections. no one recruits there. It's not like UT.
Villanova is garnering more recognition for its business (UG) program as of late. Recently ranked #19 amongst business schools. BofA, Barclays, Bear Stearns, Citigroup, CSFB, DB, Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein, Goldman Sachs, HSBC, JPM, Lehman, ML, MS, UBS, and Wellington all hired UG's out of the biz school last year. GS, JPM, ML, and MS all hired 10+ people. While I'm sure not all were front office positions it is still a good showing for a non-target. I know personally of 2 kids this year that have been offered IB. 1 at TWP and the other at Deutsche.
In the UK basically any school in London and Oxford / Cambridge. But anyone can apply online..
Is recruiting at vanderbilt comparableto Indiana...I mean last year Indiana placed about 60 students into banking...all firms inclusive (but quite a lot in BB's as well)..
I was just looking up USC and was just curious...how do you guys think recruiting at USC is like...Ibanks,PE firms,Hedge funds all inclusive..
the university of second choice is subpar finance job placement, some firms recruit there but not nearly as many as better schools. they are a great feeder to the big 4.
Hmm...So its maybe restricted to the lower end BB's..
USC just placed a full time analyst into UBS LA this past fall.
class of 2007 or Class of 2006? Definetely not into the class of 2006.
Class of 2007
Wow...one. The school has like 10,000 undergrads.
is a good feeder on the west, developing a rep for east too
found another one discussed on this forum...Rice University...people have been saying it has banks recruiting people from it...I am not sure about it though
I know who you are talking about, kid interned at HLHZ, he isn't in UBS LA Generalist but UBS LA tech big difference, son.
My mistake. I can't edit the post for some reason.
People pick up kids from Rice at Houston offices mostly. Don't think its any better than any other school for quality of candidates.
This has definitely turned into a list of people just naming the schools they went to. I tend to agree with Zala's list except I would add two more--Georgetown and Western Ontario. BB I used to work at took the most kids from Wharton, Georgetown and Michigan were tied for the second most and then it was a hodge podge of people from Harvard, Princeton, Columbia, UVA, etc.
Judging from the other threads, Texas is definitely one of the most highly recruited schools at the UG level.
utterly false
nuff said.
Penn
Gets recruited by every single BB, all the largest MMs, and a good number of west coast PE/HF/asset managers.
Each BB will only take a handful of IB analysts from the school each year, but if you're near the top of the class (in Marshall) then you have a good chance of landing some offers.
It's certainly not top-of-the-pile for IB recruiting, but most Marshall students aren't even interested in IB. Real Estate Finance / Investment / Development is probably the top choice of careers for many Marshall students. That does make sense given there is hardly any IB activity in Southern California, but the area is one of the hottest real estate markets in the world. Also, pretty much every accounting major ends up in the Big 4.
Does UMich get a lot more recruiting than USC? What about for kids not in Ross?
As far as where students go when they graduate do most USC kids stay in LA/CA? Do a lot of Umich grads end up in NY?
Any other good and bad things about either school, not necessarily related to recruiting?
what about Vanderbilt and Washington University in St. Louis? Are these target schools for the BB?
Wash U and Vandy are not targets. Vandy is probably a semi-target though.
corporatelaw, in general there are more UMich alumni on wall street than USC alumni, although i don't know how heavily it is recruited at the undergrad level. I imagine you have to be in Ross in order to have any chance at IB... at USC you certainly have to be in Marshall.
As for USC alumni, many stay in California (over 50%), mostly LA and SF. For anyone going into IB, they generally relocate to San Francisco or NYC. SF is more common because many firms recruit at USC in order to fill up their west coast offices. There are already enough good schools on the east coast for them to recuit from for NYC positions.
The obvious differences between UM and USC would be location, and the fact that USC is private and Michigan is public.
on the street than USC. Most umich people end up in NYC.....some do end up in Chicago also....other than that, you'll see people (few) in SF and some at CS/UBS LA also.
It helps being in Ross, but people in LSA also get offers in IB. Just takes more work according to buddy of mine who went there.
I go to NYU stern and we have been recruited by every major firm. Most of the big firms come multiple times during the year.
I think we're missing Notre Dame here... great alum network as well
I think we're missing Notre Dame here... great alum network as well
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