Hi, I'm currently in high school so please be a little patient with me.
So I know I want to go into investment banking, but I want to stay on the west coast. My question is: What schools are seen as targets for the west coast offices? I know that Cal, UCLA, and USC are considered targets, and I was hoping some of you could add more.
Thanks!
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Will likely be different in SF vs. LA, but for LA, probably the order of West Coast schools of most analysts to least analysts, considering Target status, is
But also, you're competing against more than just west coast schools. There are a lot of Analysts from East Coast schools (e.g. Wharton, Ivy League) as well as Ivey in Canada.
Every school you listed except Stanford is easy to get into.
USC - 16% acceptance rate UCLA - 14% acceptance rate UCB - 15% acceptance rate
Real targets are HYPWS.
Saying USC is a target is like saying Cornell is a target lol.
"Target school" means which schools do banks in an area "target hiring" from and actually hire. In New York it's a much bigger deal because there are a specific number of slots for specific schools. The West Coast is completely different, so if you don't know, please hold off on contributing to avoid misleading people. I've led recruiting for 3 years worth of Analyst classes at my BB bank and know how it works at most other banks in LA.
USC's 2018 acceptance rate is 13%
Dude if you cant figure out how to use the search bar, you're not cut out for IB. Shut up and get off this site
Yeah there was no comprehensive list of west coast target schools. As I mentioned, I knew about UCB, UCLA etc. and I just wanted to know if I was missing anything. If ur such an asshole maybe u don’t belong on this site. And I’ve seen you on multiple posts ur a huge dick
Some of you are super fucking harsh to a high schooler...
In addition to those you mentioned: Claremont McKenna and Stanford do well.
I've seen a FEW from Santa Clara and UCSB make it to the Street but they had to network exceptionally hard.