Should I transfer to Emory from UT-Austin McCombs
Hi everyone! I am now a freshman finance student at UT McCombs. I am non-BHP, regular BBA. I applied for transfer to Emory and just got accepted. I am planning to do IB, hopefully in healthcare or consumer retails, but not energy. I want to go to NYC.
Now I am considering if I should go, and will UT has a better shot at NY banks than Emory?
UT McCombs Pros: -I am in a selective finance org that places a lot of students in IB, but mostly in Houston energy banking. -I will be having leadership positions in some orgs I am in now. (At least one and hopefully 2.) -I will be having an off-cycle IB internship with a local investment bank in my sophomore fall. -I am already familiar with the campus and had connections with a lot of upperclassmen doing IB. -Great alumni network. -A lot of banking info sessions (mostly Houston banks) -Kind of comfort zone now after a year here.
Cons: -Extremely competitive atmosphere to get into IBA and WSFM (all IB prep orgs). It is hard to get in IB without those orgs but not impossible. -Highly focused on energy banking in Houston. -Not much presence in NY, around 15 students go every year. -Big business school, big class size, need to work hard to interact with professors. -Not such a big name. -I pay a lot of tuition as an out-of-state without Financial Aid. -I don't really like Austin. -School is too big (50k students) -So many restrictions on core curriculum. -No math minor. (I want to do some math. )
Emory Goizueta Pros: -Smaller beautiful campus -Smaller class size -Great presence in NY (38%) -Private school (but not sure how prestigious it is) -Great alumni network in NY -Atlanta is an amazing city -Allow me to do Econ/math major along with finance and explore other opportunities -More likely to get financial aid (meet 95% needs) -Students from all over the country (88% McCombs students are from TX)
Cons: -Need to start over (no leadership position, no internship, new orgs, new people) -No business school in sophomore year -No structured IB prep orgs (at least from what I know. Can someone speak to Investment Banking Academy?) -Lower business school rank -Maybe less alumni network?
Thank you so much!!
This is super anecdotal so would take with a grain of salt. I had a friend who went to Emory and a lot of the banks that recruit there are also regional. He went to work for a bank in Florida.
I think you have the same chances to recruit for NY out of UT vs Emory. There is a big Longhorn network in NY. I went to UT / regular BBA and did IB Consumer & Retail in NY! Short answer being, I don't think UT forces you into Energy - you definitely have a shot at doing non-energy in NY. Also, you are a Freshman so you are early in the game and think you will have a very clear story crafted early on which will be helpful in your recruiting efforts.
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