UNC IB Recruiting
Hey everyone,
I am an incoming freshman at UNC. I was wondering about the current recruiting landscape, as most information is outdated. Looking at the UNC finance society website, there seems to be lots of prestigous placements. Is UNC recruiting club dominated, and how hard is it to get into the top clubs(PMT, Reynolds, M&A)? It seems like they are dominated by cracked OOS kids. I didn't get assured admit to Kenan-Flagler, and my highschool stats aren't super impressive except for ACT, which makes me feel really behind already in terms of breaking into IB.
Based on the most helpful WSO content, here's what you need to know about UNC's IB recruiting landscape:
Recruiting Clubs and Their Role:
Breaking into IB Without Assured Admission to Kenan-Flagler:
Networking and On-Campus Recruiting (OCR):
Advice for Incoming Freshmen:
In summary, while clubs can provide opportunities, they are not the be-all and end-all at UNC. Your success will depend on your dedication, networking, and preparation throughout your college years.
Sources: What's OCR like at your school?, Semi-Comprehensive post about UNC recruiting (IB focused)., What's OCR like at your school?, UVA Undergrad for IB Recruiting
PMT, Reynolds, Catalyst guarantee a top placement. UMAG and WMA are also great. Impact, PEVC, and CCAG are mostly resume fillers. In terms of what they look for, its 25% high school resume and 75% networking. They are looking at hundreds of apps and won't even look at most resumes unless you are extremely cracked. Spend the summer cold emailing all the exec members of the club and hopping on calls with them and you will be in a great spot come fall recruiting.
No clubs guarantee placement. All of the finance clubs at UNC just take the kids who are serious about recruitment and know they will place. Don’t be discouraged if you don’t get into any, just focus on yourself, keep building connections, and the rest will follow.
Apologies I may have worded it wrong. Top clubs guarantee EB/BB placements. I didn't get into any top clubs and landed a solid MM offer a few days ago, so I agree. But my experience with networking was that BBs slightly favored the PMT/Reynolds kids and EBs don't even take coffee chats unless you're in them. But to break into IB in general: internships > clubs
M&A is a joke now
UNC is a semi-target with strong placement but insane competition. Duke get's most of the love in the area but clubs and networking can help you land a good position. It's true that the OOS/scholarship kids get most of the good placements.
If you have a solid gpa 3.5+ you will get in somewhere. Even if you're non KF you can get a credit rotational seat at a money center or large regional. Don't dismiss or be discouraged if you end up in one of these seats, plenty of my fellow tarheels did 12-18 months in these roles and lateraled to IB or some other high finance seat. Some even stay as it's long-term a better fit for most. You'd be surprised how diluted the competition gets outside of the gigs everyone is going after. Clubs are great but make sure you go to every info session for every bank you can, forming those personal connections early goes a long way.
As a freshman try to get into PMT, UNC Special Situations, UMAG, and WMA. You will be fine if you get into these - definitely network with upperclassmen
What should I be doing to network?
looks like lots of upperclassmen have their email on their LinkedIn. Would message people in the clubs above
UNC alum here - feel free to DM, happy to help in any form / capacity
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Would say recruiting at Unc has vastly improved.
Targets for the following: BofA, WF, DB, JPM, jefferies, Raymond James, piper, Blair (mm names in the south)
Lean more semi: gs
Nontarget: still relatively nontarget at the boutiques
Unc’s club scene is really good and the clubs help place kids due to self selectiveness but also training. Reynolds, Catalyst, m&a group, all solid. Would say it’d be good to be in the clubs but not needed to get an offer. Overall, impressed by unc improving and think the future is bright.
Catalyst placements this year have been great with several going to EBs.
Would agree here, insane placements from Catalyst, gotta give it to them
Transfer out that’s all I gotta say
For NY IB, UNC recruiting is awful unless you're in certain frats / programs. There is virtually no recruiting at EBs, and BB recruiting is extremely political and a large part of getting an OCR interview is out of your control. Even the clubs mentioned above not that useful, most of them just self-select high-achieving kids that would've gotten offers anyway. Ideally I would move to a Vandy / Emory / UVA / Michigan if I were you
Yeehaw southern IB, go Carolina Panthers, coupled with bojangles and food from Lenoir!
Vandy doesn't have better placement than UNC, the others yes.
It has many times better placement at EB (well idk 100x0 is 0), similar overall numbers, and overall much easier to place
Pls stop overhyping Emory on this site 24/7. It's embarrassing
Be warned: Non-nepo Emory Placements at BB/EB are extremely thin
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