I'm a high school senior looking into USC for undergrad but they don't have a finance major. Is USC enough of a semi-target to make up for this that I could just go for the Bachelor's of Business Administration?
Also curious how USC stacks up against UT-Austin and University of Washington in terms of recruiting. I would prefer to go to New York or San Francisco, do these three schools give me a good opportunity for either one?
-Thanks
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" would prefer to go to New York or San Francisco"
USC is clearly the best option of the 3 then. In general, I'd go something like 1a) USC, 1b) UT, 3) UW, but obviously there are some other factors that may weigh in (UT would be good for Houston/O&G, also tuition obviously matters).
Generally, UT has significant placement in NYC & Houston for IB. I do not know about SF, but in NYC, I've only met one guy from USC and he was in DCM. So, I would strongly consider UT, because out of state tuition IB.
Honestly, neither of them are clear winners for NY IB
Washington a clear last. USC if you want to stay on the West Coast. UT-Austin wouldn't be bad either but I think people there generally stay in Texas, though that might be due to self-selection bias. If you're in state for UT I'd go there.
As USC student, you have great opportunities in LA and SF. USC is also becoming a stronger school for IB placement. Trojan Investing Society helps with the NYC process but if you want to go to Wall Street i'd recommend schools like Notre Dame or Michigan if you can't get into an ivy league school. My friends at michigan seem to be having more opportunities in nyc
Is Notre dame really good?
Thanks for the info, it's been very helpful! Does anybody know how well UT places into San Francisco?
It's just not very common for a UT kid to recruit for San Francisco. People who go to UT, and want to do investment banking, either A.) Love Texas, are from Texas, and want to stay in Texas, so they go to Houston (And place better than any other school at Houston banks), or B.) Get caught in the allure for working for an NYC investment bank, and recruit for NYC (And place very well). The average UT kid is going to prefer to work in Houston, and for them to choose San Francisco over both Houston and NYC (place great at both), it would take a very specific, compelling reason for them to do so. In all, there's less of an alumni network in San Franscisco, so it is going to be much harder compared to either Houston or NYC.
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