From what I’ve seen on LinkedIn and Fordham club pages, the presence at top IB firms seems pretty small. But I also see people saying Fordham sends dozens of kids to BB/EB every year, which seems high to me.
I was wondering if you guys have any information on the number of placements Fordham has gotten at these banks in recent years.
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Based on the most helpful WSO content, Fordham's placement into BB (Bulge Bracket) and EB (Elite Boutique) firms appears to be limited. The available information suggests that Fordham primarily places students into boutique investment banks, micro hedge funds, and small asset management firms through on-campus recruiting (OCR). There is no specific data in the WSO dataset indicating that Fordham sends "dozens" of students to BB or EB firms annually.
If you're aiming for top-tier IB firms, Fordham may not be a strong target school compared to others with more established pipelines to BB and EB banks. Networking and leveraging alumni connections will likely play a critical role in securing opportunities at these firms.
Sources: Cornell Johnson Placement in IB/PE, UC Berkeley Undergrad for IB Recruiting, MBA Tier List for Investment Banking, 2023 Recruitment Official IB Rankings (Post-CS), Johns Hopkins University - Investment Banking, Sales & Trading and Buy Side Placement
The school has some things in place to help students (campus recruiting, alumni networking events for IB roles on campus, specialized "backdoor" resume drops for IB summer analyst positions, etc). It is not amazing but it is not horrible at all. Out of my group of 8 friends all 8 of us gunning hard for IB got it. 6 BB and 2 EB.
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