How Quickly do you think IB interest is growing?

I can't help but think that the interest in IB is growing at an exponential, and quite frankly unsustainable rate. Judging from the number of posts in the last two months alone regarding school choices and placements, it seems like there are already enough people to fill every analyst class at all BB/EB/MM firms. Even worse, these numbers are likely lower than they seem because school choice posts seem to be heavily weighted towards non-target or low semi-target schools instead of target schools, from where many slots are filled. I personally think this has to do with the economic fear held by many of America's youth regarding the difficulty of buying a house/raising a family/retiring in an economy where they see little room for failure. They then google "hIgHeSt pAyIng jObS fOr cOllEgE gRaD" and decide to veto law school and medicine based off of the immediately necessary graduate school and lower pay.

How do you see this ending? I know this may already be the case at Goldman, but how long until a single analyst spot at Baird is applied for by 200 non-target students? (Maybe this is already happening and I just have no idea of the numbers, but just increase them if so).

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Not sure if this is normal at other colleges but the finance club at my semi is filled with people who are IB or die. Myself and a select amount of 4.0 students are willing to spend every night obsessing over modelling, technical and behavioural interview and creating a toxic culture that leads to a hardo mentality. So yes competition is ultra competitive and non target to GS stories on WSO adds fuel to every non or semi target student fire but I don't blame myself or others for being this way when the stakes are high. I genuinely think that people who talk about enjoying college and not being a "hardo" are either disconnected from the realities of the situation that revolve around recruiting for IB or are plain ignorant of the competition in these internships. Also who wants to spend years in debt for medical school or risk being paid a low salary after 3 years of law school?

 

You sounds like a total loser. You and the rest of your 4.0 hardos studying technicals all day and night... wtf is wrong with you guys

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