Best Investment Banking schools in the Northeast
Excluding Harvard, Princeton, NYU & Yale
Preferably those that are transfer friendly, and obviously have solid alumni networks.
Provide a ranking if you can.
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To add more insight, I’m at Finance major at Rutgers with a 3.7 Anything realistic option and good insight would be appreciated, thanks.
I was considering Cornell/Northwestern but I’m not confident I will get in.
Upenn/Wharton Cornell Columbia (no UG business school) Penn State Carnegie Mellon Rutgers (only if you get into their Wall Street Program)
I'm sure I missed a couple off the top of my head. And the list can be ranked differently but it will be something like that
Would you consider it worth it if I get into Rutgers Wall Street Program, I’m currently a freshman.
I am a freshman at a non-target in the south also looking to transfer. Do not know specifics on the program but I have a few Rutgers sophomore/upperclassmen connections on LinkedIn in the program that are getting into insight programs at top firms
Would add Dartmouth / MIT around where Cornell and Columbia are
Upenn Boston College Cornell Dartmouth Columbia Baruch (kind of) LACs like Williams, Amherst
Williams and Amherst take maybe 2 or three transfers each and that is out of hundreds of applicants. Pretty sure that is the same for every other school besides Columbia, Cornell, and Baruch.
There are specific schools which open up more spots for transfer students (cornell being one) such as: Vanderbilt, UCLA, Notre Dame, UNC, and many others that will position you well.
I would advice you stay away from large state schools if possible. You will have extreme competition at Penn State and Rutgers. I would look at smaller private schools such as BC, BU, and ivies if possible
Deerfield, Exeter and Andover
Don't sleep on Baruch. Many BB's recruit from there. It is well known in NYC and the alumni is good. Go on linkedin and you'll see tons of people at Front office wall street roles from Baruch.
Sounds like something someone from Baruch would say lol.. In all honesty, you can get onto a sell side program from any respectable school. It all comes down to networking and how much you're willing to put in on your own time.
Are you talking specialized masters programs or MBA programs? The specialized masters programs might open you up to more possibilities if you don't mind entering investment banking as an Analyst after graduate school.
This is definitely undergrad.
my bad
NYU's super transfer friendly - don't know why you exclude it.
Colby's a good school if you can pull the location/weather
Fordham actually has a solid network as well as Baruch - less certain about chances though.
NYU is... Stern is not
UIUC is fairly transfer friendly and can prepare you well if you're accepted into the (selective) investment banking academy. All accepted members place into reputable banks, primarily in Chicago.
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