Best Target Schools for Private Equity Placement
I am a rising senior in hs so I am getting ready to apply for colleges. Right now I am trying to decide where to ed/rea to. I am wondering out of Duke, Harvard, Upenn, Columbia, Yale, Dartmouth, Brown which one would be the best to ed to for the best placement. It would be great if someone could rank them by tiers. I am also from texas and have a decent shot at CBHP at UT Austin and am wondering if CBHP would be more beneficial to go to placement wise than the schools listed above. Do not take tuition into account.
aim high and go for HYPSW, which will put you in the best position, but know that MF PE out of undergrad will be v hard even at those schools if you are not nepo or diversity.
as a backup plan, aim for SA at a top group at EB/BB and then go for a FT program at BX/KKR/WP/Bain/etc.
if you are fine with MM PE, there will definitely be some spots here and there.
None of the schools you mentioned will hold you back in PE recruiting except for maybe Brown and Yale due to the lack of finance recruiting culture, not brand. Focus on which one is easier to get in REA/ED. CBHP is good enough for IB which means you can get PE if you really really wanted it, but you definitely have to worker harder for it than if you went to the above schools.
UT is a more than adequate school to place in buyside roles. Strong presence in MF and UMM, especially among recent classes.
I am talking about relative strength. You would be lying if you think you dont have to work twice as hard as the Harvard kid to get similar PE placements
Duke places 5+ kids at blackstone a year
go blue devils!
IMO , you can basically see this as HYPSM, then the rest of the ivies, and then duke (yes I know hot take). But really: all of these are past the point where it basically checks the box and more or less can do the job.
More than anything though at that point, it depends on how your grades are and the relationships you build, so would ED where you actually think you can do well.
Finally, would take a look at recent historical ED acceptance rates / compare to regular rates to get a sense where the rate is more of a boost for ED. Yes yes I know I know the party line is that it’s equally easy to get in ED as regular but ED has the recruited athletes and legacies which inflates the numbers , so draw your own conclusions. My take is even if it might help a little, you need to play every card you can, especially when college admissions is so tough these days.
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