If you could redo your undergrad, where would you go?
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If you could redo your undergrad and you had the choice to pick any school to attend, where would you go?
Humm...Harvard? Like, am I supposed to respond University of Alaska?
University of Pennsylvania
I mean, if I could get in wherever I want then I would go to Stanford easily. The main reasons are the intangibles there vs an ivy, like legitimate sports programs, absolutely beautiful campus, I like Norcal weather, etc.
Harvard, Darden, Wharton, Stanford, UChicago Booth, NYU Stern, any one of those will do..
Darden and Booth are grad schools
Oh right you are asking for undergrad
LOL. Harvard, Wharton, and Stanford are sure a big jump from UVA, Chicago, and Stern
Not really, at least not for Booth v. Wharton. Kids at Wharton like to convince themselves that they go to the greatest business school in the world but the reality is, Wharton is seen as a tier below H/S.
Either Arizona state or Florida state
This guy fucks
Everyone's going to say Harvard, Stanford, Wharton, and the like. What are you expecting with this thread, droves of people professing their love for IU Kelley?
OP didn't say to assume unlimited finances.
That's fair. He also didn't set a limit on how much finances you have or tell us where we're in-state, so he kind of did say to assume unlimited finances. Regardless, I would still take out 200k in loans to go to Harvard, Stanford, Wharton and other similar schools than go to Michigan, UVA, Berkeley and other top state schools for free. Nothing against those schools, they're phenomenal but even considering loans, I'd go to the HSW-esque school.
I was interested to hear because we'd most likely name a HYPS, but H/S as universities seems to be pulling away from Y/P (strength across disciplines, fundraising, acceptance rate, yield), so I wanted to see if a disparity for allure within HYPS itself carried over.
Somewhere warm... Umiami/USC/Stanford
nice. safety/target/reach lmao the guidance counselor way
I would have loved to have gone to Harvard or Penn but I would not have borrowed $250,000K+ to do it
just be a poor or minority
usna
My brother and sister went there - I chose a military school as well and would go to the same school if given the choice.
Imagine having to study hard AND get yelled at and treated like shit. Worst of both worlds imo
THE Wharton School of Business, obviously
Princeton for the extra best prestige
UGA easy. go dawgs.
Ah, the choke masters of the SEC
I would go to an ivy, that’s easy. If we’re being realistic, I would go to main campus instead of choosing the satellite campus to save a few thousand, also just for a better college experience and better clubs/ec’s and what not.
Went to Wharton, but I would've loved to go to a school with a good culture, while still having decent buy-side opportunities, like Yale, Harvard, Dartmouth, or Princeton.
1) Stanford
2) Harvard
3) Dartmouth
Probably wouldn't have gone
I'm gonna get MS from Ivy league wannabes and hardos but here I go...
Fuck all the Douchie elitist legacy accepting Ivies + Stanford.
I'd go to MIT, study math, kill it on the Putnam, hookup with hot BU chicks, and date attractive and sophisticated chicks from Wellesley, Harvard, or Tufts.
Not a lot of people know this, but MIT frat scene (only some frats though) is pretty great. Girls? Lots of good talent from BU, BC, Harvard, and Wellesley all go to MIT parties. Friends? You got bunch of smart STEM kids who are all gonna go into tech, finance, consulting, and academia. Jobs? MIT is a heaven for recruiting- MBB, BB, Big Tech, and all major quant firms like Citadel, DE Shaw, 2sigma, Jane Street, etc...
You can get all that without being an elitist asshole.
Sadly, the suicide rate at MIT is much higher than the national average. So much for the grass is greener on the other side comment.
It's a tough school. But I really like the environment and people there. Practically my entire team except for me went to MIT at some point and they all loved it.
That might be good for you but most people on WSO work or want to work in finance/investments. I do not think that a lot of people who go to MIT want to work in investments. Can you get a finance/investments degree at MIT?
What schools do you think quants went to?
So many people on the systematic and quant HF side went to MIT, as well as a fair bit of S&T (but more HF). MIT is a place that will send you directly to the buyside (but HF/AM space not PE).
You have know idea what you're talking about. I personally know people who went to MIT that exited straight into quant funds, prop trading, credit and fundamental L/S hedge funds, long-only asset managers, and VC. I know even more who could have easily gotten the opportunity to do any of the above should they have chosen but preferred to go the entrepreneurship or big tech route instead. While the traditional network pipeline that Harvard enjoys isn't the same at MIT, what MIT does have over Harvard is a collection of undoubtedly the smartest undergraduate student body in the country in terms of sheer quantitative and critical analysis ability. That in and of itself will mean students who perform there will get a look almost anywhere they apply to and show genuine interest towards.
This. MIT parties are the fucking bomb and BU 100% has the hottest chicks in the northeast. #fuckBC
Lol did you go to BC ?
university of tokyo
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Bruh Stanford is like uchicago but warmer, better girls, and better sports
University of Phoenix
One of those big party schools like Penn State, UGA, UM, Tulane. I couldn't give 2 shits about prestige the alumi bases are big and successful plus they're all super fun and will give you memories that'll last a life time.
Dartmouth/ Oxford/ Princeton for the 'traditional' element/ 'prestige'.
Wharton/ HBS for MBA
These are my choices too, might have thrown in Cambridge. ETH Zurich also sounds appealing to me for some reason, not really sure why.
University of Phoenix online
I'd skip that shit and start investing in real estate at 18 and keep my optician job.
I have seen quite a few University of Colorado kids at my firm so maybe there is more too that school than meets the eye
Colorado is for sure the laid back trust fund kiddies, whose parents wanted them to work hard and be humble.
Yale
So you're a closeted homosexual with a penchant for snorting white powder up your nose?
precisely yes
PPE at Balliol
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University of California, Santa Barbara to fuck around at the beach all day and go to class occasionally.
been there. campus is right on the beach it's insane
I would go to the same school and just take advantage of all the mistakes I made. Things like not being right on top of academics from the get go, being a near autist around the opposite gender, letting my physique turn to shit. I think I could have a pretty good life if I had the right attitude going into college as well as an awareness of the opportunities available to me
This. I'd join a lot more clubs, be a lot more comfortable around women (was definitely a struggle my first 2 years), and on academics maximize the GPA / free time tradeoff. I know I spent a lot of time playing video games, reading fiction, etc. that I could just put 30% of that into getting better grades and the other 70% doing more of the social activities I mentioned.
All said, professionally college helped me get to a great spot that I wouldn't trade for anything, but on personal experiences while I did have some good ones (6 out of 10) I think going back I could make it a 9 out of 10 or better.
Well we all have some regrets, nothing to do about that now. But being in mid-20s the world is definitely still my oyster so going to make a full go of it.
Currently at a state school that I love. Only school I would choose above it is Dartmouth I think. My boyfriend's there and from visiting him it seems amazing
Arizona or UNC or something like that
Would have done my ugrad in an English-speaking country if I were to start all over again. I love my school (in Scandinavia) but it's close to impossible to recruit for finance/consulting if you don't speak the local language. So any target school in the US/UK/CAN/AUS/NZ would do, with my dream schools being HYPSM/Oxbridge.
UVA, UNC, UM, Duke = Best of both worlds
One of those Claremont schools pls and thx
One of those Claremont schools pls and thx
I agree with above poster. Claremont McKenna seemed badass. Too bad I couldn't get in.
Notre Dame. Too many SJWs at my college made my experience worse than it could have been.
Yeah Norte Dame just seems so much fun with the football and school spirit. I ended up at another elite Catholic school and some days I wish I went to ND instead.
Perhaps a masochistic thought, but I wouldn't mind trying to study a hardcore science such as maths or physics at an old-school Russian polytechnic just to get that old-school Soviet science vibe. People I know coming from those kinds of backgrounds are laser sharp and seem to excel like crazy in quantitative fields.
Sounds like Grigori Perelman
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grigori_Perelman
I wish. This guy refused the Millennium Prize, what a boss.
Considering my mediocre grades (3.6 / 1400 SAT) and desire to work in NYC CRE, Fordham probably ended up being a good choice for me but looking back Miami FL would have been been a shit ton of fun.
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