Are most wso people state school students/grads? LACS? Ivys? I get the impression from these threads that most people on here are in the first category just want to take a quick poll for reference.
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I go to an Ivy. None of my friends use this site though.
I go to a target state school, for whatever that's worth.
Better be Umich or UNC, hope we're done w IU kids calling themselves a target
I agree with you on the IU count, but a little offended that you implied that UNC is a target and that my school isn't lmao.
(Same poster btw, I just updated my anonymous title)
I go to UNC, and I would definitely say it’s a semi target. Virtually no OCI with about half the BBs doing OCR.
I, a person who is an international asian male, go to a southern private non-target with a business school.
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lol true but ended up with an offer for SA 2021 at a top firm so I guess it worked out lol.
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... "private"
same but a female.
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West Coast non-target here
West-coast target
As in target for SF right? I've never seen a west coast per school in all the midwest or east coast SDs I've done
Yes, target for LA and SF
Carnegie Mellon Tepper here...
Gang
Gang
Southern semi. Asian
Graduated from the University of Titania and then worked at congress on the mainland Uranus
What’s the point of being cagey about your school (I.e west coast target) if you’re gonna post on anonymous anyway lmfao
Stanford - I dont know anyone who uses this site tho
What’s the point of being cagey about your school (I.e west coast target) if you’re gonna post on anonymous anyway lmfao
Stanford - I dont know anyone who uses this site tho
Cuz I want you to assume I mean Stanford when I really go to USC
I assure you no one is assuming that. Kids that go to the top anything make it known on this forum. For example if they’re at GS/MS they’ll says GS/MS if they’re at JPM they’ll say GS/MS/JPM. You didn’t say “I go to a target school like HYPS” and by west coast target school I’m gonna assume it’s not Stanford.
USC is actually considered a target?
+1 SB even though I go there. We aren't shit in NY. We kill it in LA though, 3/9 of Moe LA analyst class was USC this year
good to see a fellow TIS member in the forums
East coast HS student. Asian.
Getting the early start I see
Well I am Asian, aren’t I.
Well I am Asian, aren’t I.
Aye, white boi here but HS here as well
What year of HS?
Berkeley
Berkeley
eyyyy go bears
hell yeah same
Graduated from Upstate NY Non Target
Baruch yo. I love when people assume I'm the diversity candidate hehe Top bucket two years in a row, don't take Adderall or drugs to get through the day, I'm ripped and still have time to get rejected by girls.. Come at me bro = ]
Went to Baruch too and am also black.
I don't go to Baruch and I'm not black
Georgetown
Emory - EB fwiw
target middle class
Wharton -> EB
Tips on getting into Wharton?
Tips on getting into Wharton?
be black, go to exeter, be the son of a donor. The usual
Start a bullshit nonprofit you'll never continue after you get accepted. And donate a library.
Florida State
Who tf downvoted this lolol? Some of you are just incredible.
UMiami people
*sweats*
Tiddy City State
This is a target for most.
This is a target for most.
It's called ASU
Deleted - sorry for being a pottymouth!
Hey! Same here buddy!
define no name bank. idk if i fall under that.
Cornell. AKA "target school think Harvard/Yale/Cornell"
UNC
Purdue
School
non-target
hahah this cracked me up, im at fordham im boned too
University doesn't matter if you re a woman, disabled, Black or a tranny.... GS or Blackstone directly.
Or of course ''witz'', ''man'',''berg'',''stein'',''kibbutz'' etc...
What if none of those but I'm proficient in Yiddish?
University of Washington
Northern Illinois Husky in the building
UCLA
University of Illinois Jr
f
Semi-target public college in a major city.
Baruch College lol
The Demo here are definitely just completely sidewinders and fart collectors
I went to Wharton and there'd be people walking around campus with WallStreetOasis shirts lol.
I'd guess we'd be the only Ivy with relatively high use of WSO though
Do you think it’s easier to break into banking from wharton than from hyp?
No. And I don't think it's easier to get into banking from HYPW than Dartmouth or UMich or Stern or Georgetown. Banking is all about knowing your fundamentals and building your networks early-on, a lot of people from a lot of different schools break into top banks. There are plenty of Whartonites and HYPs with 3.8+ GPAs that send their resumes and don't even get first-rounds. And there are plenty of kids from non-targets with 3.7 getting those first-rounds instead. Consulting is a little less meritocratic, but it still applies to your school's local MBB office.
I will say, though, that for the elite boutiques like Evercore, Lazard, PJT, and Moelis, Wharton definitely has a special place in recruiters' hearts. You'll also have access to more hard finance opportunities like private equity, hedge funds, or restructuring for summer analyst and full-time positions in Wharton as well. Wharton summer analysts also tend to do better just cause they have more training than econ of BBA majors.
bro I've never seen that lmao. How recently was this?
Just graduated lol, definitely saw a few kids chillin in Huntsman GSRs with WSO merch on haha
FIU
...
H/S/W
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Dartmouth
Midwest non-target
I am a college freshman at a state non-target trying to transfer to a state semi-target (UCSB to UCLA, to be specific).
Ball So Hard University
STEM school just outside NYC
McCombs - BB
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State school
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