Best undergrad business for IB, Tulane, Wisconsin, or Indiana?

I am a senior in high school and I have gotten into all these schools. My goal is to go into IB and I want to live in New York or Chicago. Which of these schools would provide the most opportunity?

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Absolutely - there are about a handful each year that pull it off. That said, when you network with alumni at firms, they will often ask why you weren't in the workshop. Getting into the workshop isn't hard as long as you're committed to banking though. Meet the GPA cutoff (3.7+ is solid), network with current members of the workshop, and do well in the interviews. Anyone who can get into banking without the workshop can get into the workshop. 

 

I went to Kelley (I'm a bit biased) and did IB for a few years. 

Short answer: Kelley has a great IB alumni network and places the best out of the three. 

Long answer: You're a senior in high school... You have a lot of time between now and getting a job, and you probably haven't been exposed to IB or any other field of business much yet, so it's definitely worth exploring what the schools have to offer- About 80% of freshman at IU come in has Finance majors, and only about 25% actually graduate with Finance as a major, mostly because they find other passions. If you're hoping to get into IB because you want to make money or prestige, that's great but a terrible reason to do IB. Take the time over the summer to learn about what's out there and gain some non-business experiences that will make you not like every other candidate. 

Feel free to PM me with any questions you have

 

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