Is Johns Hopkins a total non-target?
High school senior here. At the moment, I'm looking to pursue a career in finance. My high school is located close to Johns Hopkins and I heard that they like lacrosse players (I'm not recruited or anything), so I like my chances of getting into Hopkins compared to other top schools.
While Hopkins is well-regarded overall, especially for pre-med.... I know they're not known for business/econ/finance. But are they a complete non-tagret? Like on the same level as UMD?
Appreciate any input!!
Short answer. Yes.
Dude it doesn't matter if you play lax if you're not going to play for their varsity team. And yeah its pretty non-target.
that's what I thought but an admissions officer actually told me how they like lax players
they like tennis players, violin players, and artists. they simply like people who are involved.
I laughed out loud at this
Alumni from UMD have gone on to IBD at MM & boutique shops.. you want to stay local in MD, that might be your best shot..
I just mentioned UMD since it would be significantly cheaper compared to Hopkins. I'm applying to a bunch of other schools but good to know that UMD has some alumni
Yo, I go to Hopkins right now and pretty much agree with the guys above. It's definitely not a target school by the traditional sense of the term. Only a few banks come to campus, and the rest of the firms that visit are more directed toward STEM/consulting paths.
That being said, you can definitely break into finance going here. It just takes a lot of hard work, ie 1) extracurriculars and 2) networking.
1) While small, the finance community at JHU is also pretty tight knit. There are a decent amount of opportunities on campus to demonstrate an interest and actual teach you some technicals (student investment team, VC club, investment research course, look up Steve Hanke). It's cool because you hear about these opportunities pretty quickly once you get here. I've been involved of numerous of the above listed activities and they've definitely helped advance my resume.
2) Because only a handful of firms come here for recruiting, you have to do a lot of extra networking on your own. Ideally, get a finance-related internship each summer beginning freshman summer. This isn't 100% necessary, but it's been super helpful to me and facilitates the transition to a sophomore internship. Speaking of sophomore summer, you pretty much need to spend all of it networking if you want to do an IB SA stint after junior year (along with doing an internship, obviously). Hit up alums at every bank, which can be tough since there aren't a ton. Meet them for coffee, etc. I wasn't interested in banking so it was a bit more relaxed for me (I did most of my internship hunt grind during the fall of junior year and got my offer in November).
Feel free to send me a message if you want more info. Can talk about this shit for hours. Happy to help
You gave me a ton of great insight, thank you!
Hopkins alum here. Other posters are right but the banks definitely respect JHU. It's just difficult because there aren't OCIs for BB IBD positions like there are at other schools. There aren't as many people at JHU aiming for those positions so it makes it easier to stand out, I would say. If you know going into JHU that you want to go into finance, you shouldn't have that much trouble. I have a lot of friends who were able to attain offers at multiple MM IBD positions and a handful of BB positions. The success rate for people who go to JHU and want to do finance seems to be pretty high. As long as you network, get decent freshman/sophomore internships, I'd say you shouldn't have a problem breaking into banking.
Interesting, but would you say that Hopkins would be worth tens of thousands of dollars in debt compared to UMD? Obviously Hopkins is a much a better school overall, but to my knowledge, anyone's in a relatively good position if they know they want to be in finance by freshmen year. Thanks for the insight though!
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Hopkins alum. Nowadays kids are placing pretty damn good. Small finance pond at an elite school so if you have a brain you can usually get BB/EB placement
this year (for intern or full-time) kids are going to GS, MS, JPM, Evercore, PJT M&A, Moelis, BofA, Barclays, CS, Greenhill. MS takes 2-3 kids a year including a diversity sophomore. Same with GS. It’s low key pretty impressive since maybe max 10 kids per year recruit for IB, success rate pretty high. Have also sent analysts to Blackstone, Ares PE, Bain
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