I go to Uconn, and it has become evident through my past year and half here that it will be extremely difficult to get into banking unless your a D1 athlete or network hard into a boutique. I've been advised by friends and even some alum working at top places now after HBS/Tuck/Sloan MBAs that transferring to NYU might be a good idea. I did okay in high school and have pretty much gotten straight A's in college. However, Uconn is geographically isolated from Banks (2 hours away from Stamford, 3.5-4 away from NYC) and BB's especially like Yale Grads (closer by, likely more qualified) which crowds out Uconn grads from dominating Stamford as the 3rd best school in state after Yale, Wesleyan and Uconn=Trinity. Add this with the lack of alum on wall street, its been tough networking and I wanted advice in regards to how I should go about trying to get some type of banking/related finance offer for the summer.
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There really isn't any special advice. Just keep networking.
FYI, geographic location isn't exactly a reason why UConn isn't a target. Both Cornell and Dartmouth are targets and they are both in the wilderness.
Cornell and Dartmouth are much older and more prestigious schools with massive endowments and impressive/elite alumni. Uconn used to be way worse ranked from 1950s- 1990s when only the wealthy went to college in order to study humanities at top schools.
Regardless, I'm considering applying online to MM banks. Do you feel as if this will yield any success?
Apply to BBs anyways. You never know until you try.
How do you network? Networking trips to NY might help. Book a whole week full of informational interviews and go. Obviously if you can transfer to what you think is a better school, go for it.
I've had tons of informational interviews where I made good contacts - w/resume being passed - but nothing came from it. I pretty much don't get responses from anyone who isn't a uconn alum and so I was interested in hearing how I should go about either cold calling randoms or whether applying online to boutiques like Evercore and Perella Weinberg will have any chance of working?
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