Emory vs USC
Which school would present more opportunities for breaking into investment banking? .............../
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Emory is barely a semi target. So is USC to be fair, but no school on the west coast is more than a semi target. Do you want to be a big fish in a small pond or small fish in big pond?
At least if you can't break into banking out of Emory, you can sue the banks for denying you your safe space.
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I don't think any investment banks will touch Emory after that incident.
Stanford is a semi-target..... Wow.
Stanford is too good for Wall Street. Therefore, it's a semi-target because Stanford kids don't want to go into banking and banks don't waste their recruiting efforts there pursuing hard-to-gets.
I go to GA tech and know a ton of emory kids working at banks, ranging from PJT and Greenhill, Guggenheim, GS, to RBC. as usual, people on this site who don’t have jobs act like they know what’s good
USC
This is such a simple answer. If you want to work in Los Angeles, go to to USC. If you want to work in San Francisco, go to USC. If you do not want to work in LA or SF, go to Emory. Case closed, shut. Nothing to debate. Move along.
Emory BBA here. Don't listen to any of the people telling you that you can't get into IB from Emory. Saying the chalk incident (which I myself think is laughable) will cause banks not to look at us is absolutely ridiculous. We have a presence (larger than you would expect) on wall street and continue to be on the rise.
We are a core school @ Citi, Lazard, HSBC, Perella Weinberg, Houlihan, BMO & Mizuho (all OCR) among quite a few others, There are more OCR, those are just what I can think of off the top of my head. We also have quite a few kids every year go to Goldman, Credit Suisse and Guggenheim. Not to mention our relationships with several banks are improving. Have had kids go to Centerview, Evercore, Blackstone in past 2 years among others. Emory alumn have a presence at every bulge bracket and many boutiques. They are working very hard to get us on the list of core schools and we have been seeing the positive results! Long story short, you WILL get into IB if you go to Emory. The BBA program is fantastic and the resources you will be provided with regards to career development are extremely impressive. I wholeheartedly encourage you to do more research and strongly consider Emory if you're interested in finance.
I'm happy to answer any questions about the school you may have
Emory alumni here we also had ppl in PJT/Evercore in my graduating class as well as GS/MS
I also go to emory (what up homie ^^). Emory is good enough to get you in the door anywhere. have I been asked at interviews why someone from emory should get an offer over a harvard kid? yes, but that only gave me another opportunity to show my personality and grit and only worked in my favor. basically eery bank I’ve interviewed with has representation from emory, and Guggenheim has 2 incoming FT and 2 SA from emory alone this year. you are also practically guaranteed a superday and even an offer from any bank in ATL (and there are no shortages of them), which is a nice safety net. emory grads run the city and look out for each other big time
hmm i dont agree with west coast schools being semi-targets. I view Stanford and Berkeley as targets. There are a ton of BB / EB / MM banks with OCR events at those schools.
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I hear USC has great placement into Goldman Sachs.
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USC by far. Emory fucking sucks.
why do you think this?
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I think Emory is a more serious academic institution, it also has a shitload more money per student via the endowment. They have more money than Dartmouth, if the school wasn’t in the South it would probably be ranked much higher. Had a sibling go there
I'm a rising senior at Emory and know a ton of ppl working at BBs/EBs/MMs this summer. Citi has a massive presence on-campus and if you know how to network, you'll have no trouble receiving offers from other BBs. If you go to USC I assume you'll just be recruiting for LA offices. LA-->USC, NY-->Emory
Definitely USC. Marshall Business School is one of the top Business/Investment Banking schools in the country.
Both great programs. Honestly just comes down to what you want out of your college experience. Emory is in the SE, so it does better with certain BBs. Citi for example. USC still has great name recognition and you can't go wrong there.
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