Trinity, SMU, Tulane ... undergrad
Ok, so I murdered the SAT (in a good way), but messed up my GPA junior year. Anyway, I was accepted to Trinity University, SMU, and Tulane.
Trinity gave me quite a nice deal, and I'm tempted to take it. But I'm entertaining the idea of one day working in finance, and see only two posts on here about Trinity University, both of which involve someone laughing at the very mention of the school.
I'm a little confused why it is the subject of this derision. I know its not HYSP. Its not Vandy or Duke or Georgetown.
But it is ranked #1 in the entire western US on USN&WR (which you guys seem to revere, no offense) for regional universities. Which would put it on par with Villanova, and above schools like Bentley and Santa Clara. --not the crème de la crème, but certainly not the University of Phoenix.
So my question is--what am I missing? Why is there this negative perception?
USN&WR is not a good measure of how competitive the finance program of the school is. USN&WR is relative to the overall program, putting a heavier weight to SAT and similar metrics.
I go to school in Texas so I can give you some insight into those 3 schools in the context of Houston IB.
I have never heard of a Trinity student at any investment banks, at least in Houston. I went through recruitment for Energy IB in Houston so I met well over 100 bankers. None of them came from Trinity. Majority attended UT Austin but a healthy representation from most well known Texas schools, which does not include Trinity.
Tulane is not well represented at all in Houston. They have a few kids at Tudor Pickering but that's only because one of the founding MD attended Tulane. Otherwise, I did not meet any Tulane kids at BB or EB. From what I've heard, Tulane is shifting more towards an accounting focused business school.
From the 3 choices, SMU seems to be the best. If you look up the alternative assets program, their flagship finance program, SMU kids place extremely well. JP Morgan, Citi, BAML, Credit Suisse, Goldman Sachs, Evercore, etc. Keep in mind that the program accepts about 20-25 students so it's very competitive to get in.
I hope this helps. If you need any more advice, feel free to PM me.
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