INSANE PLACEMENT FROM UT, WTF IS GOING ON
Saw this on Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activ…
Crazy placement from UT Austin's WSFM club, is this normal? A lot of the hires seem to be diversity or Houston offices, but there are a surprising amount of NYC non-diverse hires, especially from GS/MS/BX/Moelis/EVR. Thoughts?
Holy shit, probably some of the best placement I've ever seen from such a large club straight up.
WTF
edit: I’m not some UT low-semi target chump so no need to MS me, but you gotta be impressed at these results. Legitimately nuts
I mean UT is a top target for a reason. If you’re in CBH, WSFM, INTUIT, or equivalent clubs you’re basically guaranteed placement. However, in the big picture it’s still only a small portion of the class size so it’s not easy by any means.
We’re calling anything a top target nowadays huh?
The fuck? Mccombs is a top 5 business school. They have the fourth most IB hires out of all schools within the past 10 years.
It's the same if you look at the top clubs at UVA, UMich, etc.
What you have to realize is that these are MASSIVE ~30K student schools. Of course you can pick out 60 of them (the top 0.20% of 30,000 intelligent students; or roughly the top 0.80% of just senior students) that did well for themselves.
What makes Harvard/MIT/Penn unique is the ratio of students who end up at the top of their industry. They all have similar exits but it isn't just the top 0.20% of the school. Even the middling econ students end up at top banks, hedge funds, MF, etc.
What’s your point? Harvard places better than public schools? I don’t think anyone is arguing with you.
These business schools probably have ~5k students, not every one of which wants to break into IB. Don’t act like Ivy League schools don’t also have very exclusive career orgs. Regardless how big the pool is, it’s impressive to have a 100% placement rate in a university-run org year after year.
UT has consistently been placing IB, especially on the street, for the past 5+ years. Would not be surprised to see them upgraded to top-tier target within the next couple of years.
Most non-obvious insecure UT kid posting anonymously lmao
What is UT
Is that some community college?
I think I know a few back office folk from there, pretty good at sweeping our floors
WSFM (Wall Street for McCombs, the org/program referenced in the post) does occasionally place into Houston, but it is a NYC focused program. This year it placed 55 students into NYC roles (only 2 into Houston); last year it placed 46 students into NYC. The LinkedIn post shows the exact placement names if you are curious.
Hilarious amount of salt in this thread for no reason. I think we can all agree that placement is impressive for a large public school.
Fr, it’s just animosity and it’s pretty pathetic. Regardless if these numbers are true. I worked with UT people this year and they were awesome.
You guys are talking about a club within a business school, within a uni. It doesn’t make it target at all!
Go check out what a real target (Wharton Harvard Princeton Stern) places like then you’ll understand why UT isn’t.
Clubs at these targets don’t place into IB BB they place straight into HF, PE, special sits HF. That’s what’s a selective club at a target gets you. Not a coverage at a BB seat.
Hook ‘Em Horns Baby
1) Everyone from Texas is stupid. Fact.
2) The school is huge
3) The business school is huge
4) As others have pointed out, sending a few kids to sell-side coverage roles in NYC, when you have tens of thousands of students isn't exactly top target status
5) Most of the kids who got buy-side jobs are in middle office or real estate roles
6) Of those that went to IB, average exits. Not one body at Goldman or Centerview.
Sad!!!!
I am begging you all to go have sex. Jesus Christ what a pathetic thread