Contacting grads from business school

Hey all,

My university has two undergraduate programs that you can enroll in. One of them is in the business school and the other one is not. The difference is you automatically get an honors degree in b-school and pay a higher tuition fee. A lot of people who go into i-banking usually graduate from there so they have a bigger alumni network in finance.

On the other hand, the other program that I'm in does not have that many alum in finance because most people go for accounting. My question is, do you think I'll be able to play the 'alumni card' when cold-calling grads from the b-school? We still went to the same university but just different program. Should I contact them too or should I only cold-call people from my program? Btw, I'm cold-calling for an internship.

What do you think?

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I legitimately don't know what school this. You mean you're majoring in a business degree in one of your university's schools but the university has another school with business degrees as well, and the only difference is one costs more money and you graduate with honors? It's not tougher to get into, offering different courses, nor a more intense program in any way? I want to believe that your school really has that big of a scam running but I just don't see how that's possible.

 
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I'm pretty sure I know what school you're referring to. You can pretty much assume that Ivey is a totally separate school in and of itself from Western. They run on a completely separate system - admissions, tuition, recruiting, alumni and all.

Hey, you could totally play the Western card since the Ivey alumni did in fact confer a degree from the same university. But I don't think being a MOS student would put you in a favourable position during recruitment time as a Western student since you're being stacked up against the Ivey kids. I mean if I were an alumni myself, and I had to choose between giving an opportunity to an Ivey kid vs. a MOS kid, I would be more inclined to move forward with the Ivey kid (based on choice of program/academics alone, with all other factors kept equal).

You have nothing to loose by giving it a shot. But if you're really set on ibanking, you'd be doing yourself a huge disservice by not getting an Ivey education.

 

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