I am currently a high school Junior with decent stats 3.7 GPA and 1440 SAT nothing IVY material but I would like to ask for strong schools on the street both private and state for an average kid like me.
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UMich Ross, UVA, Penn State, UT Austin BHP, UCs, UNC Chapel Hill all come to mind. I'm sure there are more with decent alumni presence
Seems to pretty much be the list. There might be some NY state schools that have a presence due to proximity but probably nothing to bank on.
Agreed. CUNYs like Baruch also have decent finance presence I think
Basically this, well-known strong state schools will have a group of students into IB each year. Look for ones that have a student fund or some other type of finance club that feeds into Wall Street and aim to get into that, and that should be the equivalent of semi-target placement at least.
And even there, the only consistent ones are UMich, UVA, and Berkeley, at least for NYC.
UNC way outplaces Berkeley in NYC especially per capita.
Candidly, if you are an out of state asian / white male, getting into Michigan, Chapel Hill, and the UCs will be difficult with a 3.7 and a 1440 -- these are almost certainly below the averages for people in those categories that are admitted to these school. I know a lot of kids with 3.9+, 1550+ stats that were rejected from Ross, UNC, UCLA, and Cal. Penn state should be doable, but am unfamiliar with UT or UVA so can't comment there.
I agree well I am not white or Asian and I have Stellar Extracurriculars tailored towards my major so do you think I would have a shot.
Not debating Penn St because I didn’t know this, but do they really have strong OCR??
Nittany Lion fund student run gets a great deal of attention from alum.
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BYU places around 20 kids a year in IB with 30-40 trying for it
Yes It is on my list .
Avoid BYU unless you're fiending to get married at 21.
If you’re LDS—or not bothered by the Honor Code—and interested in IB then BYU is a no-brainer from a purely financial perspective. Tuition is far far lower than any of those other schools (even in-state) and placement to BB/EB banking is solid—I think even better than the comment above alludes to. For the last several years (until 2020), placement was 25-30+ each year. Competition isn’t even that fierce for spots, as most people in the business school are put off by the hours/lifestyle of IB.
full disclosure, I went to BYU and did IB before moving to the buyside. Feel free to DM with questions.
SMU Alts is a really good feeder program, ~50 kids in each class and usually ~35-40 go IB. Plus if you realize along the way there is more to life than banking, you can easily find a nice sugar mama
HAHA but I hear it is quite expensive and it being worth the cost is debatable but thankyou nonetheless.
Good list of public schools posted above. On the private side, check out some of the patriot league schools (Bucknell, Colgate, Lehigh come to mind) or like Villanova, Notre Dame (cult-like alumni).
Yes I am looking into those LACs not so sure bout how strong Lehigh is though I've been getting mixed comments on that school. Notre dame is definitely a reach but I will try it ,what do you think about wake forest.
I would say Lehigh might have a bigger presence on the street than the other Patriot League schools mentioned. Lehigh is just a bigger school which means it can just place more kids into IB relatively (not comparing quality of schools). ND is step above
Georgetown
Boston College has good placement
This school is on my list.
Stats look solid for IU Kelley. Also worth looking into Claremont McKenna and Emory
Emory and Kelley are both on my list I hear the IBW workshop is affected a lot by nepotism and that Kelley is not that strong of a school if you do not get in to the IBW so I am not so sure about it.
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You should definitely DM me so we could compare lists and do some research.
I would add WashU and Emory to the list as well
Since your stats fall around the middle 50% for many of these schools, it's crucial that you craft the best application essays you possibly can to have a solid shot at them
and since you're still a junior, try to build up your ECs and awards too
Thank you for the feed back .I have some decent ecs internships with local firms and a few national awards and first place in a trading competition but I will definitely build on that.
My man, you might want to change your username. I get that youre a junior in High School right now but, you don't want to be using your real name on this website. Change it now to remain anonymous. Thank me later.
IU Kelley if u grind and get into the IBW.
I hear the workshop is affected alot by nepotism.
all ib hiring is nepotism, get used to it
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would add ohio state fisher to your list given the stats. i think UNC and the other schools listed are reaches. Penn state would be doable as well. OSU is good value option given cheap cost and send 35+ or so to banking per year
what do you think about my chances for schools like wake forest, villanova , colgate these are my top 3 I will definitely add osu to my list
low for the first two, maybe for colgate. even OSU fisher wouldnt be a slam dunk. I think the average sat is 1450 or so??
edit: nvm its 1350, im sure youll be fine there.
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