A little bit update: I'm a senior in college and I'm actually looking for masters programs because I need another recruiting season. My university doesn't even have a finance major and the idea of IB came to me during the winter vacation of my senior year (okay I know I'm falling behind but I'm keeping up my pace fast). I'm thinking about some UK schools as well: LSE, IC, Warwick. I won't apply for Oxbridge I know probably I won't get in anyway. I've also seen HEC Paris several times on several rankings. Any insights? I'd really appreciate
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Hey guys, I have browsed several companies' databases and it seems to me that Villanova, SMU, UNC,UVA, and University of Notre Dame are target/semi-target schools? But I didn't see University of Chicago on those lists a lot?
Thx in advance.
It isn't. Not to say you can't get a job out of it but it simply isn't a target school. The main target schools are: - The Ivies (less so Brown, because they have a smaller finance network due to the more liberal personality of the school) - Duke - Stanford - MIT - U Chicago - Georgetown - UC Berkeley (more for Haas business school, overall school is between target and semi-target) - U Michigan Ross Business School (rest of school semi-target) - Northwestern a bit
Semi-targets are schools like: - Emory - Notre Dame - Vanderbilt - UNC - UVA - USC - NYU
Target schools are primarily in line with college rankings and prestige
I think your list is a bit off. UVA and NYU are undoubtedly two of the strongest targets out there. An arguement can be made that notte dame is a also a target school.
Yea I feel like NYU is definitely a target school
Decent list. NYU should definitely be up top. Brown isn't bad, either... 5 in my SA class at a NYC BB.
bro u misrepresented SMU for sure. If you dont have a bias against energy in Houston they are a semi target and better than Villanova (do they place greater than 10 students to bulge brackets per year?). Look at this placement: http://www.smu.edu/Cox/CentersAndInstitutes/AlternativeAssetManagementC…
UChicago gets very little discussion here on WSO, but it is a top target school. Feel free to ask me any questions below
Source: I'm currently a junior who will be interning at a BB IBD in NY this summer
Ugly truth some folks won't like to hear: NYU is a great school, but it's a "target" school because of location.
If you don't care about location or are set on NYC then you will be well set at NYU. If you don't want to live in NYC then I'd look elsewhere. Specifically, a similarly ranked regional school like Emory/NorthWestern/UNC.