Wisconsin, UNC, UIUC,UCLA. for banking?

low, there are some ibanks in cali but the wall street firms dont recruit at any of those schools. keep a high gpa, 3.9+.

i'm guessing you're in highschool and deciding between them. if that's the case, I'd go with ucla and then bust your ass off and transfer to nyu stern or something better.

Don't discourage him from thinking. I didnt do any career thinking until 2 years into college. I wasn't even top quarter in my PUBLIC high school, only got a 3.2 gpa in college, AFTER i transfered. Im STILL playing catchup, whereas if someone told me in HS to stop screwing around and spend half as much time on homework as on video games, I could have gone to a NESCAC, transferred to an ivy, and be working for a bb no problem.

Its scary to think about how much your freshman yearh high school grades at age 14 affect your future.

Most, and I quote MOST, people dont have a problem kicking back in hs and college.

don't listen to people who tell you to be a "college kid". if you can get top notch grades and rock everything and still have fun, that's great, but chances are you won't be able to have fun if you aren't at an Ivy. just bust your ass and transfer.

UBS LA recruits on campus at UCLA.

I guess I should have reworded that last sentence.

I didn't mean to discourge him from considering banking; however, I don't think he should have the mentality that banking is the only viable career to pursue.

Learning to excel in your classes while having a great social life is the most important lesson you'll learn in college (IMO anyways).

Good luck

UCLA recruiting includes Goldman, MS, UBS, Lehman, JP Morgan, etc. Not saying we're a target (probably more of a semi-target), but the top at UCLA certainly get looks. So, if you can do well at UCLA, you're going to get good opportunities. However, it might be kind of difficult if you want to work in NYC.

Sorry, I can't really speak for the other schools, but hope that helps.

UCLA is sending at least two to GS NY next year, one to TMT

gets the following banks in herds: B of A, Wachovia, Lehman, and MS to a certain extent.

thanks for all the replies, everyone has been really informative

Almost all of the big banks will recruit from UCLA, Illinois, and UNC. The only issue is that most banks won't take more than a few from each of these, so unless you're the absolute fucking top of the class, it will be really hard to distinguish yourself from the literally thousands of other kids at your school applying for the same positions. Some kids obviously are able to do it, but transferring to another school with a smaller student body with which to compete and larger presence on Wall Street could make for a more enjoyable college experience.

What state do you live in?

I live in Florida

GS, Leh Bros., Citi, MS, ML, CS LA, UBS LA, DB, BoA, HLHZ, Jefferies, RBS, Wells Fargo, Macquarie all actively recruit from UCLA. Most of them are for the west coast offices, but candidates sent to NY are not rare.

gets ML, MS, BofA, Lazard, Wachovia, Lehman, Citi, JPM - basically every BB or large bank except Goldman plus all of the MM banks that I can think of and won't bother listing.

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