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i disagree with the poster above. Wesleyen is well respected. not a target, but you definitely have a shot. i had a girl from wesleyen in my analyst class.

 

very well respected school it is just too small for most BB's to waste their time recruiting at. You are highly marketable coming from there, however.

 

Maybe. It is a top NESCAC school. I can't imagine there is much recruiting there, so any attempts to get to IB will be through alumni outreach and networking. I have to imagine it will be significantly harder with a 3.0 though

 

Considering the ceo of this website went to a liberal arts school and was in IBD and PE, I would say yes you can become an investment banker from a liberal arts college. A lot easier at one of the top schools obviously but you get the idea. Plenty of Investment bankers have a BA or BS in economics.

 

Do you think Liberal Arts Colleges can be target schools? I have heard that Wesleyan University has a strong mathematics department, plus the fact that it is highly ranked, do you think that can make it a target school?

 

Yes. Money is tangible and replaceable, your life and your time and the way you feel about what you're doing are neither of those things. One of my biggest regrets is not paying the cash when faced with the exact situation you're in now. I did make it in - eventually - but I'm not where I want to be and the path forward doesn't include the kind of options I wish it did. Take into account when making this decision that you're not just "buying" a degree, you're continuing to set the standard for your social circles and the expectations people will have of you.

 
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Why not go to the state school, get straight As the first semester, and transfer to a better school than Wesleyan (not saying Wesleyan is not a good school)?

100% agree with this.

Wesleyan is the same school that tried/is trying to force its fraternities to be co-ed. That should be indicative of the weirdo SJW culture there.

 

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