Rice Jones or Texas McCombs MBA?
I got into both programs and need to decide which one I’m gonna pull the trigger on. Any insights into which program is preferred for Houston IB?
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UT is obviously higher ranked and might be better in general but if you specifically want to do Houston IB, Rice is probably the better pick. They get 20-25 spots a year and have alumni at every bank. If the bank does on campus recruiting they will come to Rice at some point in September or October.
UT is sending more students each year to banking spots outside of Texas. The UGs on this site are always talking about NYC EVR placement and I know MBAs are up there too.
You will place at either one if you put in decent effort but being in Houston at Rice it’s probably easier and potentially cheaper.
Appreciate your response!
I will echo this. Jones offers something like 70-80% of their FT students significant scholarship. (source: declined an acceptance there 3-4 years ago)
If you are dead set on Houston IB, you won't beat Jones purely on ROI. Only choose McCombs on other qualitative factors, e.g. wanting to be in Austin instead of Houston for 2 years for school, marginally more prestigious degree, and a broader network outside of Texas/Houston.
Which banks do OCR at Rice/UT? Is it mostly the BB? And I’ve seen the timeline for analyst recruiting is pushed up compared to NYC, but is it still Octoberish for offers?
Curious as well
The only major bank that didn’t come to Rice was TPH, everyone else of note (20+ banks) had an on campus event.
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