Is IB Recruiting More About the Student or the School?
Lots of posts on here about choosing between schools got me thinking about whether finance recruiting is more about the student or the school. Thought of some possible scenarios below.
What would you expect if the solid non-target kid who networked and landed Harris Williams or Piper went to Cornell instead? Would he most likely end up at the same place or a top BB/EB?
Vice versa, what about a student at Dartmouth who is going to Lazard with the help of OCR and alumni? What would you expect if they chose their non-target state school instead?
(Edit: Talking about regular kids, obviously not someone whose parent is an MD or CEO)
This isn't something you can generalize. You'd have to look at it case-by-case.
Well, nobody can go through recruiting at both a target and a non-target at the same time, so I was speaking about on average. I thought posing the question would be a good way to understand how important what school you go to is to your career.
Basically, it gives you a bump. if you’re looking at things purely quantitavely and have rankings for schools/banks, going to the better school for the same kid should result in a better “outcome” for kids at the same level of “merit”. that doesn’t really mean shit when you look at it case by case however. the kid who rejected harvard for a full ride to their in state schools full ride program will probably do just fine and land a top bank, as well as the person who “snuck in” to Cornell will do just fine but maybe not as strong as the kids who were top students at Cornell.
If I hadn’t gone to a target school, I doubt I would have gotten any IB offers whatsoever. My grades were okay, not stellar. My experiences were interesting but not finance related at all. I networked hard but so do non target kids and not all of them are successful. I think school tier is a big separator between kids because it’s easy.
These questions make no sense. Did the dartmouth kid land Lazard because he did 3 IB internships prior, or was his Dad an MD?
Regular kids. I'm not talking about the kid whose dad is an MD at Goldman or a billionaire's kids
Regular kids could mean anything - a 4.0 genius who can nail any interview or a 2.5 moron with no internships. Just delete your post.
2.5 morons don't end up at Lazard. Just talking about on average. I don't know why this is so hard for you to understand.
You're a moron and wouldn't get an offer at my shop with a 5.0 GPA.
Thanks for stopping by on this post! Your comments were extremely helpful in answering the question and contributing towards the discussion. Oh wait, you did none of that.
he is being a dick, but this is just cringe
I can picture exactly what you look like
Good for you. Go ahead and jack off to it.
(I know nothing)
It’s impossible to know, and if you aren’t currently deciding on a school to attend, it also doesn’t matter. What we do know: - going to a target school is good for chances - having high “merit” through grades and internships and clubs is good for chances
So, if you’re at a target school, great, now go try to have high merit. If you’re not, doesn’t matter, go try to have high merit.
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