What are some colleges that an "average" student should apply to that wants to break into IB?
I have 3.4-5
multiple clubs
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from the Mid Atlantic
I understand I probably won't get into any target or probably any semi targets
I have 3.4-5
multiple clubs
sports
from the Mid Atlantic
I understand I probably won't get into any target or probably any semi targets
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Boston College, Indiana University (Kelly)
Do some linkedin searching to see if the school you are looking at feed people to IB. Then pick the one that feeds the most. Anything closer to new york or San fran is going to typically be better. IE Fordham - It may be a lower ranked school but becuase its basically in the city you are going to have an easier time recruiting.
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Your local state college/other in state. Kill it during the first year and then attempt to transfer somewhere better that you couldn’t/most likely won’t be able to get in right out of high school. Make sure you to work hard on improving those habits that affected your gpa. A lot of high school students with bad habits tend to do even worse in college (more freedom to let those bad habits run wild). There are a students of course who turn it around and excel during college, but once again they work on fixing those bad high school habits.
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Rutgers has a relatively decent presence on Wall Street for a non-target. It's also in NJ if you're looking to stay in the Mid-Atlantic.
If you're from NY, you can hustle from a place like Fordham or Baruch (Fordham is private though so it will be expensive regardless).
A school like TCU. Low requirements to get in but once you are there, you can hustle ur way to a IB internship. TCU sends 15-20 people to IB (mostly at BB and top MM) every year.
TCU grad here. Can vouch for that, have lots of friends that ended up in BBs. I'm going to start in a PE MF next week (LatAm though).
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What state are you in?
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BC CSOM is not and easy admission.
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Honestly give me MS if you want but BYU. Shittiest school that punches way above its weight because mormons are super inclined to help other mormons. I mean, I think it's kind of awesome that so many people that otherwise wouldn't get first rounds are able to land T2 consulting, BB IB due to school's network
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