Frat Stars Statistically Do Better On The Job Than Hardo Nerds

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lol i can't think of what type of person would actually post this... because there's no way you're this "varsity star" posting about themselves. obviously being social will win you more long term because you're able to nurture client relationships and workplace dynamics better than a "nerd". not rocket science

spot on, its almost like most sell-side and buy-side jobs are built on having charisma in the long term.

Thought this dude was serious and then saw the username LMAO

As much as I hate to break it to you, the Indian 4.0 will absolutely destroy the white "frat star"  if he has moderate social skills and is in a bunch of clubs especially since he's probably at a better school. IB is not all glamor these days as it used to be. Most kids they take are very nerdy and hardo grinders who have more sociability than their STEM counterparts. There will be a few spots reserved for those athletes and many of them are cracked. Even if they do make it to IB, they will get outcompeted by the sweaty Chinese/Indian. I have seen it way too many times in friends from college/high school. The "cool" factor is mega cope

Sir, do you know what 'statistically' means?

I think there is a false distinction of combining (Hardo + Nerd) vs. Frat Star.

It isn't necessarily all that binary.

I'm many cases, a Frat Star Finance Bro Chad, who is a bit of closet nerd (and thus ended up at a target school), who developed a hardo personality in his career, will tend to progress more; combining, rather than separating, the criteria presented.

I think it's easy to forget that merely getting accepted to a target school (e.g. H/Y/P/W) requires at least some level of intelligence, beyond the norm of society (which tends to be moronic, in many cases). Just getting into a target school would tend to suggest somewhat of a "nerdy" element, which includes the target school frat boy Chad.

Meaning, by default, there is often a baseline level of "nerdy" intelligence ("nerdy" by standards of general society) that exists within finance, considering the academic background that tends to be common -- even someone we might mock for whatever reason, still likely had ~4.0 from H/Y/P/W, is my point.

The question instead becomes whether it is a socially awkward style of nerdy, or the closet nerd who presents himself as frat star Chad type.

In either case, if they adopt the "hardo" approach, they tend to progress more.

If you look at the seniors (e.g. MDs) at each bank, they tend to be a mix -- of both Frat Star/Nerdy + Hardo -- as that tends to be what facilitated that career progress.