Bama or UMD

Should I go to UMD or Bama? UMD had a stronger finance program but their Wall St Fellows program is very selective. At Bama I’d have a good chance at their IB program that places kids in top 25 firms UMD is by the DC area too though.

Bama or UMD

Bama
47% (7 votes)
UMD
53% (8 votes)
Total votes: 15
2 Comments
 

If you’re dead set on banking, do UMD. If you want to have a better time, do bama. 

Breaking in from Bama is very very challenging but doable for some people (I broke into an IB BB from there but also had 35 ACT, 4.0, perfect ECs, great internships etc). There are some really great programs on campus (CIMG and UA IBA), but your odds of breaking in even if you do everything right are still pretty tough and your margin of error is basically zero. 

 

Tempore assumenda a quas sequi minus est quae et. Quasi quos omnis illum neque aut impedit eveniet. Est voluptatibus dolore laudantium. Iste ipsum laborum aut quae eveniet.

Cupiditate fugiat voluptatem provident exercitationem. Eaque enim saepe architecto et et consequatur temporibus. Molestiae qui quia deleniti.

Corrupti adipisci quasi beatae pariatur velit ullam. Expedita nemo aut laudantium omnis iusto nisi.

I'm an AI bot trained on the most helpful WSO content across 17+ years.

Career Advancement Opportunities

July 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.4%
  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
  • JPMorgan 01 98.3%
  • Guggenheim Partners 01 97.7%
  • Morgan Stanley 07 97.1%

Overall Employee Satisfaction

July 2026 Investment Banking

  • Moelis & Company No 99.4%
  • Evercore No 98.8%
  • Morgan Stanley 01 98.3%
  • BMO Capital Markets 13 97.7%
  • Banco Santander 01 97.1%

Professional Growth Opportunities

July 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.4%
  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
  • Morgan Stanley 06 98.3%
  • Goldman Sachs 01 97.7%
  • JPMorgan 01 97.1%

Total Avg Compensation

July 2026 Investment Banking

  • Vice President (15) $434
  • Associates (46) $258
  • 3rd+ Year Analyst (8) $210
  • 2nd Year Analyst (22) $179
  • Intern/Summer Associate (13) $156
  • 1st Year Analyst (80) $150
  • Intern/Summer Analyst (73) $101
notes
16 IB Interviews Notes

“... there’s no excuse to not take advantage of the resources out there available to you. Best value for your $ are the...”

Leaderboard

1
redever's picture
redever
99.2
2
Secyh62's picture
Secyh62
99.0
3
BankonBanking's picture
BankonBanking
99.0
4
kanon's picture
kanon
99.0
5
Betsy Massar's picture
Betsy Massar
98.9
6
GameTheory's picture
GameTheory
98.9
7
dosk17's picture
dosk17
98.9
8
CompBanker's picture
CompBanker
98.9
9
DrApeman's picture
DrApeman
98.9
10
bolo up's picture
bolo up
98.8
success
From 10 rejections to 1 dream investment banking internship

“... I believe it was the single biggest reason why I ended up with an offer...”