How is UChicago IB recruiting?
I will be a first year at UChicago this fall. Are there any recent Chicago grads who can shed light on the recruiting process? In your experience, how many people were interested in an IB job, and how many ended up with a solid offer (BB/EB/MM)? What was the toughest part about the recruiting process: keeping a high GPA at a tough school, networking, getting stepping stone internships, interviews?
Sorry if this post seems redundant. I thought about posting because the other info regarding UChicago on this forum seemed either outdated or not specific enough.
I never went to UChicago but am very familiar with the school. It's a good place for recruiting. However, you need to make sure that you get involved with finance groups on campus, network with alumni, and maintain a high gpa. If you don't take leadership roles or go the extra mile, you may have difficulty standing out during the cutthroat recruiting for top BBs/EBs.
Considering that you are posting on here and are interested so early in the game, you should not have a problem breaking in. People "break in" from significantly worse schools. Obviously, not every UChicago kid gets into a great shop but I'm sure that you will do fine/place better than the UChicago kids at Stout (lol)
Dude I went there and no one who got into IB from that school does “leadership.” What the fuck kind of leadership can a 20 year old have? It’s almost entirely BS and everyone in IB knows that
Path to corporate greatness right here.
It is without question one of the easiest schools to get an IB job from, provided you have A) done the basics (get early finance internships- you can even do this during the year since you’ll be in Chicago, study the guides, know how to tell your story, practice some behaviorals, format your resume well) and B) have a good GPA:
If you are a white/Indian/Asian male you need a 3.7+ to get MULTIPLE TOP interviews THROUGH OCR. Notice this statement is every nuanced
1) If you’re a chick or URM, drop that number to 3.4ish (unless Asian chick in which case 3.6) if you are applying through diversity programs
2) if you’re not diversity, you can still get a one or two good OCR interviews with a 3.5ish
3) If you don’t limit yourself to OCR (I highly recommend you don’t) then you’ll have no issue getting interviews at great shops as long as you are aggressive with reaching out to people. (Again provided you have a 3.5ish). Booth produces armies of BB and EB associates, who unlike analysts have lots of sway over who gets interviews. Reach out to them as well as college alumni
Lastly, know how to craft networking emails, and don’t be socially retarded. Too many uchicago kids think they’re way smarter than they really are. Lose the pretension and you’ll be fine.
If you do these things, there’s really no easier place to get into IB other than like H/W
What the hell. Drop chem ASAP unless you wanna be on a B- curve for three quarters with the smartest fucking asian kids in the world.
You wanna be a doctor or a master of the universe?
Other two look fine. Read reviews and get the easy professors. It’ll soon be challenging enough trust me. Don’t make uchicago harder than it needs to be