Wake Forest vs. Vanderbilt vs. UNC vs. Emory for ibanking

Wake Forest, Vanderbilt, UNC, or Emory; which would be the best undergrad choice for investment banking?

In terms of academic quality, representation/alumni networks, and name recognition

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UNC

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UNC. You'll have the time of your life and the weather and basketball are awesome. The recruiting is good from UNC and you'll find that alums are incredibly receptive. The undergraduate business school is one of the best in the country. Bottom line, the people are going to be more fun, down to earth, and better looking at UNC, you'll get a great education, and the recruiting is solid enough to ensure you a spot at a top BB if you can cut it.

 
gertagUNC. You'll have the time of your life and the weather and basketball are awesome. The recruiting is good from UNC and you'll find that alums are incredibly receptive. The undergraduate business school is one of the best in the country. Bottom line, the people are going to be more fun, down to earth, and better looking at UNC, you'll get a great education, and the recruiting is solid enough to ensure you a spot at a top BB if you can cut it.
That's accurate on all counts.
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Emory

You're born, you take shit. You get out in the world, you take more shit. You climb a little higher, you take less shit. Till one day you're up in the rarefied atmosphere and you've forgotten what shit even looks like. Welcome to the layer cake, son.
 

I'd say just definitely not Wake Forest. The others are relatively close and have their own strengths and weaknesses. UNC is probably best, but they're close enough you should choose the one you like (not Wake though).

 

Wake actually places pretty darn well, especially for it's size. GS, JP, Barclays,  BofA, WF, and others. Only approx 100 fin majors per class and around 50 go in to banking each yr. Many in NY. Both IB and S&T. I'm sure the other schools are great too. If you want actual data, go to their website and look at the placement (Office of Career and Personal Development - Where Deacs Go)

 

According to Emory Goizueta Business School published data, 38% of the BBA graduates entered financial service industry, and 21% of the graduates entered consulting business.

 
miliochie

According to Emory Goizueta Business School published data, 38% of the BBA graduates entered financial service industry, and 21% of the graduates entered consulting business.

A lot of these people do commercial banking. Risk management. Big 4 (I.e. Kpmg) consulting just FYI. Not bad jobs but these aren’t all IB or MBB/T2 placements. 

 

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