Colby College or Hamilton College for a future in finance
I have been accepted to both Hamilton and Colby. I received a presidential scholarship to Colby College, amounting to 3k.
I like both colleges equally and I am torn on which college I should attend. I did receive a transfer option to Cornell so I might take that; however, if I end up not transferring which college has the most connections in finance and/or will prepare me best for a job in finance.
DJ D-Sol went to Hamilton but Colby is the better school
I go to one of the two schools. Both have access to BBs with narrower options at EBs. what are you going for.
Truthfully, pretty much a 6 vs 1/2 dozen type of argument here.
They flop back and forth in the rankings, neither will have much on campus presence, but both have plenty of alums on wall street that will pull for you.
It's going to come down to which one you like better.
Cornell will better for recruiting, but more competitive.
Colby. hands down.
hamilton. pretty much guaranteed to have a first round at GS 'cause of Solomon. About half the kids in my interview slot for IB SA at GS were Hamilton kids.
Interesting. Which summer was this for? and do you mean for the superdays or first round interviews?
Literally interchangeable schools..everything down to being rural and having shitty sports team. Choose whichever one is cheaper.
And how am I wrong? Hamilton/Colby kids show yourself!
Don't know a lot about Colby, but Hamilton sends a bunch of kids to Wall Street every year. Econ is by far the most popular major on campus. There's a strong connection to Goldman because of David Solomon, but many other lower level executives are Hamilton grads as well. Alumni are very supportive and are always willing to talk if you are proactive.
Colby Alumni here. Don't go to Colby, it's in the middle of nowhere, so networking is EXTREMELY difficult. The alumni network hasn't been helpful in my experience and there is very little OCR. The academics are good but what little finance presence there is goes to Boston and not New York.
Most of the kids in IB from both Hamilton and Colby have a guy on the inside pulling for them. It's not that the schools place well, it's that the schools have a lot of wealthy families who have connections.
One is named after the first Secretary of the Treasury and one is named after cheese.
Choose wisely bro.
Go to the cheaper one and transfer to a good school
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