Which non-target has the best placement?
What is the best non-target school to break into high finance? (I know it may be a circular question)
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Baruch is a good choice.
Fordham-many place in BB
SEC schools like UF, Vanderbilt, and UGA have solid placement if your in certain clubs
Brother, Vanderbilt is a top 15 school and already sends tons to NYC
Not American, so could be entirely off the mark here, but isn't this a somewhat redundant question? If a non-target placed well then would it not be a semi-target or regular target?
Genuinely not trying to come across as an ass here - this is a genuine question and I fully comprehend that I could be entirely off the mark. The whole target school thing is less pronounced in my much smaller domestic market (essentially only 3-4 schools where I'm at place consistently, with the others being pretty much a diceroll in terms of how many if any will place).
Oddly enough Northeastern had pretty awesome placement this year among a lot of the EB’s, will caveat not as much among BB’s though. Placed at banks such as Moe/EVR/PWP/Gugg/LT/JPM/FTP/BofA/etc.
People throwing MS should learn the functionality of a LinkedIn search
Least obvious Northeastern mf
Yeah, obviously I wasn't trying to hide that I attend Northeastern you moron. OP was asking for schools that have good placement and I offered this years' placement among my school. What I posted is true and verifiable by a simple LinkedIn search. Worth providing a holistic list of non-targets that may be within OP's reach if he is looking. Just trying to be helpful
Went to NEU and second this. I didn’t land an IB role personally but I was able to interview and make it to final rounds at several respectable IBs w a ~3.4 GPA - Raymond James/Citizens/MS/Jefferies. Ended up doing all of my co-ops at regional PE/VC firms (yes on the investing side ;) not back office)
Nescac schools do well in placement especially with EBs
How about SUNYs?
IMO Hamilton (so many GS alum) or Colgate (fratty/finance culture, lots of alum for school it’s size).
That's like asking which Scandinavian country has the best horse racing jockeys
Tulane is solid
I went to a UC school and I have seen students get a lot more interviews than in past years. I think IB is a lot more accessible now with so much information freely available online.
I went to Santa Barbara. I have also run into a couple people from Irvine and Davis who made it in. Historically we would send 2-3 per year to alright banks. Last two years has been 5-10 summer analysts. You still have to play the networking game but it seems banks have been more receptive to giving first round interviews.
Positive development imo. Gives students more viable options even if they found their interest in finance after getting to college. You don’t have to just go do big 4 accounting.
Nova
My school (George Washington) places relatively well into GS for kids who are actually willing to work hard in recruiting, though few are actually willing to do so hence poor placement. I find that students who actually care tend to get something
Ohio State
Big state schools always send a couple kids each year
Georgetown
Yale
Just know that a lot of non targets at BBs or EBs are diversity hires.
Apart from all the jokes, IU has been killing it lately. 200+ Wall Street placements per year (in AM, LMM PE, IB (many of which are small boutiques tho), S&T, ER, PWM, ect). Tons of freshmen have boutique IB/LMM PE/HF internships, pretty nice place to be if you fucked around in high school w shit grades & SAT score but wanna get serious about life in college. Could very well be a semi-target in the next decade if IU leadership plays its cards right by lowering acceptance rates and increasing standards for business school.
My analyst class was full of IU guys.
IU Kelley already is a semi-target because of its IB workshop. At this point, industry connections matter a lot more than selectivity for target or semi-target status
What’s the workshop’s criteria?
Morehouse and Howard
Not anymore, byebye affirmative action and diversity programs!
Oh lord you will bring Chucky-DickCheese into the thread
They are high targets, just HBCUs.
non-Williams LACs like Midd, Bowdoin, Amherst
I def think at least Amherst and Midd are semis-- non targets are usually easy to get into, while these schools have >10% acceptance rate. Proportionally these schools place super well (also consider lack of interest in finance at these schools)
Kenyon College
I got in at a top MM from a private school with a 85% acceptance. Go to the school that is the best fit for you to succeed based off atmosphere and the people you'll be surrounded by.It's more about the person than the school. Kids that come from non targets tend to be the grittiest and most technically sound people I've met in this industry. Meanwhile I've interned with Harvard kids who quit 2 weeks in cause the hours were too tough and had to teach Columbia kids how to open excel. Indiana University despite not being a traditional target, everyone I've worked with from there was sharp. Not a IU Kelly kid I swear lmfao. Go where you'll succeed. While a top school helps, it doesn't make up for work ethic and genuine interest in the space.
Disclaimer: I’m a white guy who grew up in a lower middle class home. So not diversity as well.
Isn't this a paradox? By definition, a 'non-target with good placement' will be at least a semi-target.
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