How’s Boston University?

It’s not as good as Boston Consulting Group

Getting into IB/Consulting from BU is certainly possible. I went to BU and ended up transferring to a target, however, I know plenty of students at the school going into both industries. There are also quite a few alumni in both industries, especially in Big 4 consulting. The thing with BU is you’re going to have to network extremely hard as on campus recruiting will essentially be non-existent.

I would look somewhere else. SMG just doesn't have a good career services compared to even Northeastern.  To my knowledge there is no established IB club.  You would be making it difficult on yourself if your set on finance.  On the other they do place alot of kids into operations in State Street and the other fund managers in downtown Boston. 

Recruiting is not great, classes are easy, kids are dumb. BC and NEU are about as hard to get into and have better recruiting. BC has a far larger presence on the street, NEU's co-ops are incredible. The most successful alumni I know have said they succeeded in spite of BU, not because of it.

Saw that they made their basketball team wear masks while playing

Well, AOC graduated cum laude from Boston University with an economics degree but doesn't understand the definition of the most basic economic terms and concepts.....so I'm gonna say that's a negative as far as the quality of the education.

If you can get into BU then you can get into an actual semi-target. They got a lot of hot rich white girls tho

So funny, I asked this same question 4 years ago knowing I wanted to do IB but not sure if BU was worth it. I ended up going to BU and let me tell you it was. I ended up getting into IB at an MM. Many of my peers got offers at BBs, EBs, and some of my older mentors are working at MFs and UMM PE now. Some even in GE/VC. So in terms of placement, it's incredibly better than BU was a few years ago. As said above, join the Finance and Investment Club, and you will have the resources to pursue IB/PE/whatever if you get after it starting on day 1. The network you build there is also incredible.

Academics at Questrom honestly made it worth the price for me. The first two years is filled with BS classes but it worked out bc thats when I was focused on drinking. Once you get to Sophomore Spring/Junior Fall, you'll only be focusing on your concentration. If you major in finance and take the correct classes, you'll learn a ton. There are some fantastic professors who taught me both technical and theoretical skills that helped me think about various transactions/financial situations on my feet. When it came to my IB internship, I was much more capable than the rest of my peers. Most professors are very successful industry experts and many former bankers/PE heads/MBB consultants. That being said, you still have to put in work yourself. It isn't a school where you get handed an IB internship/FT gig. You have to network still and put yourself out there to the professors to show your true interest. The good thing is the alumni network is very strong and wants to help out. I received off-cycle interviews just because I was a BU kid and alumni wanted another one of them on their desk. 

For the social life, it's the best you're going to get in the Boston Area. Greek life is small but if you get into it, extremely hot and fun girls/guys who are all looking to enjoy college/life in general while still working hard. We had to turn away girls from other schools who would line up trying to get into our parties because we needed space for our own. On the flip side, Harvard Finals Clubs generously threw mixers every now and then for our sorority girls but they always seemed to come home with us at the end of the night. 

Therefore, I wouldn't worry about a stigma against BU. If you're the kind of person who goes after what they want/willing to work towards it, IB and more will be no problem. Let me know if you'd like to chat more and I'll PM you

Current alum, graduated in the last 5 years from the Questrom school. There's a TON of alums throughout banking and decent representation across the buyside for a non-target. The investment club lets anyone join and if you work your way up the ranks it has a solid pipeline for interviewing with several BBs and EBs. There's also a number of Boston-based buyside firms that recruit through the club as well, including Bain Capital (1-2 spots up for grabs/year). The consulting club is also solid (thought I was never involved personally). The professor that oversees it is an ex-partner from Bain so there's a direct pipeline there (another 1-2 spots/year). Typically the best performing students are coming from the business program (finance, accounting) or hard STEM (pure math, physics, CS, any engineering). Be warned if you're not a liberal because the gen pop will not take too kindly, and lots of the diversity crap was starting to poison even the good majors as I was on the way out. Still know some people there and the AOC fanfare has only made it accelerate.

Is it even a top 10 school in Massachusetts? I always thought its main strength was having chicks to lure over to final club events