McCombs for NY offices

Hi monkeys, As a high school senior, this is the time where I have to choose which college to attend. Currently UT Austin McCombs is at the top of my list. However I was wondering if I had a good chance of making a NY BB from the business program. Keep in mind that getting to New York is of the utmost importance to me and I could not bear to work in Houston (no offense to Texans, I just consider NY to be a much better city overall). I don't mind working a bit harder for NY, it would concern me if it was too much of a hurdle. Should I stick with Austin or switch to another school?

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I don't work in NYC, but logic dictates that if you know already without a doubt you want to be in NYC, I would aim to go to a target school closer to there.

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@horn95" @myr899" @m3shuggah" Synergy_or_Syzygy

Thank you all for your advice. It seems that It'll be tougher to get an BB job in NY from Austin. In the case that I don't make it and have to stay in Houston, does anyone know how hard it would be to transfer to NY?

 
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  1. UT places well in NYC. Obviously they send more kids to Houston, but NYC is by no means a "reach" coming from UT. (SMU places well in NYC if you have considered that school)

  2. If you do end up in Houston, I would say the easiest way to get up to NYC would be to do your two year analyst stint and look for buy-side opportunities in NYC. It's a bit more difficult doing 1 year of oil & gas banking and then trying to lateral into a different group. Definitely doable, just a bit more challenging.

 

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