Can I do well from Fordham?
I'm a current senior in high school who wants to go into either IB or management consulting (probably consulting). I got a full ride from Fordham and got into the Global Business Honors Program, which has only like 15-20 kids and seems like it could be helpful. I won't be able to transfer to a target because money is an issue for me but I won't qualify for any need based aid. My parents also don't want me taking any debt really. I have a few more college decisions coming back soon (Northeastern, UNC) but I'm most likely attending Fordham. How screwed am I? I hear really mixed things about it for finance. Obviously it's better than similarly ranked schools in the middle of nowhere, but would I be able to break into a top consulting firm or do anything nice? I'm not in love with the idea of working in the back office.
It's got decent placement and being in the city helps a lot. Definitely take advantage of that and hustle for off-cycle internships, keep your GPA up and be very involved, and of course network a ton. You should be fine, the recruiting landscape has shifted a lot from when banks/MBB only took target students.
Yes every year about 5-10 kids get into IB at top banks
I transferred out. I did not enjoy my time there and it seemed like most kids ended up in Big 4 audit
If you put the effort it gurantee you will end up in IB, lol per my experience
Oh so your sample size of 1 is a good proxy for the recruiting scene for the entire school? Gotcha gotcha
The only people I saw getting decent placements were diversity in some way. I'm not hating, but that route was not a possibility for me so I left.
The fact u can’t even post a well written title tells me u should go to NYU
are you diversity?
as white as they come
I ended up transferring out as well. Also didn’t love the experience on campus. But if you get involved in the right clubs and put in the effort you can make it into IB
Why did you not like it?
Big commuter school vibes. Didn’t really vibe with the people that went there. Lots of passive aggressive hardos which made it quite unpleasant. Transferred to a party school lol ended up doing fine anyways
You can do well from there but it will take a lot of effort. You will have to network a lot and intern during the school year to get an upper hand on the target kids you're competing with (a lot of people don't want to do this but it's critical IMO).
It will be much harder than if you go to an Ivy, but its possible. Especially since you are in NYC and can meet people. My best associate at on of my earlier jobs was from Fordham and he loves helping fellow alum, so its def possible and the alums try to help each other.
I worked with a few folks from Fordham at my BB. They have a strong alumni network. Something I noticed with them was having decent finance internships throughout school (started freshmen summer and were involved heavily on campus in finance clubs or did part-time internships). So, like most things in life, if you start early and work hard, it'll pay dividends in the future and your hard work will pay off. You got this bud. Fordham is a solid business school and you'll get a good education and a shot at recruiting to IB/ER. Not everything in life is HYPSM/GS/MS/EVR/BX or bust. Congratulations on getting into that program, enjoy your senior year of high school.
This, you just have to put in the work and do it early, it’s very possible to get into BB and it will be a difficult path to get into EB, top consulting firm is impossible, haven’t seen anyone get into MBB
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