Your school matters far less than you think
Even if you went to a garbage state school(Think UT San Antonio) and you have 0 alumni in IB all it takes is sending out some cold emails, a few good chats, an off cycle LMM PE internship and you will break in. Yes it is easier if you went to Wharton or Harvard but its pretty doable. Ya you might have to send out hundreds of emails. You will be rejected constantly. You will probably have to spend a summer in a city you hate being worked hard at an awful PE firm. BUTTTTT YOU CAN DO IT!!! stop stressing so much about your school.
EDIT: I am talking about trying to land IB if you are gunning for MBB YOUR SCHOOL MATTERS A TON.
Sure it's easy if you're diversity, but it's near impossible if you're an unconnected chinese/indian/white male from a nontarget. Plenty of unconnected chinese/indian/white males strike out or take bad offers from target schools despite how smart they are lol. It's just the way the game works and if you want to land GS/MS/EVR/PJT/CVP/etc as an unconnected nondiverse male, you have to truly be exceptional.
I have to push back on this with sending enough emails out anyone can land a MM PE internship and trade that in for an offer and in terms of landing the best of the best Evercore is absolutely willing to hire non target non diverse.
There a lot more worthy people than those what I would say outlier cases imo
OP said get into IB, not into a top bank. No shit it’s very difficult for a non-target to get into Evercore lol
Not IB but S&T so very similar as far as how competitive it is for an internship (if not more competitive since there’s so fewer spots). But I tend to agree with this. I’m non-diversity with literally 0 connections (not even from up north) and went to a state school (SEC but not a good one like Vandy or Texas, think Ole Miss, South Carolina, Tennessee) and grinded my ass trying to get markets internships early on in college. It wasn’t easy but it can be done, ended up landing at a very solid bank (not JPM, MS, Goldman but still a great team) with a team that I really like and that crushes it. Keep working and you’ll get there eventually if you’re driven enough.
SEEE!!! If anything it's hard but simple ya it's a ton of work but if you follow the steps you'll hit your goals!!!
I was going to hard disagree with you until you specified that this only applies to IB as a career path and not other roles like consulting
Bro I made it to the final round at mckinsey only to be called up by a partner and told you interviewed well and are as smart as anyone else here... but you don't have an alumni batting for you... sorry. I WAS HEART BROKEN I HAVE NEVER FELT MORE PAIN IN MY LIFE!!!
I forgot which MBB it was, but someone from my older brother's MBA program worked at one of those companies and told me that if you went to Harvard at some point and apply to X company, they have some policy where they have to give you at least a courtesy interview regardless of how bad your resume may be.
Ok, but I’d still take a more prestigious school because the greater ease of placement allows you to have a more enjoyable college experience. If you have to grind your way up from a complete non-target, you’re going to have a lot less spare time.
10000000% agree but this is more for the guys that have already made there choice too late to transfer ect.... plenty of kids have a university that the whole family goes to and so without thinking of IB or rankings attend. Junior comes they learn of IB and have a break down because they are at a non target. It's to ease the stress of those people.
No for sure I understand what you’re saying . My point’s just that if you’re interested in finance, law, consulting, etc. it’s better to choose the best option possible (take it from someone with loans).
This thread is a huge crock of BS. There are target schools, semi-targets, and non-targets. It COMPLETELY matters if you have a good alumni network.
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