Chicago Booth, Kellogg reps in IBanking

chicago booth is a fantastic b-school

Chicago booth sucks ass... only businessweek likes those clowns

From what I've heard, Northwestern isn't known for finance so much as it is for marketing. From a purely academic, intellectual perspective, Chicago might be the best school in the country to learn finance.

chicago is a finance powerhouse, though my impression is that it has a more intellectual atmosphere than wharton (ie - students actually care about what they learn in class).

i see more chicago alum in trading and at hedge funds, but there are plenty in p/e and ibd, so you'll have plenty of opportunity.

have you considered trading or a more market-oriented role? an engineering background with a uchicago mba would make you very desirable, though it depends on how the job market looks in ~2 yrs.

Chicago GSB (hate the name Booth) is the clear winner when it comes to IBD.

Is this all MBA and not Undergrad?

EDIT: Double post.

Endlessrain, you're saying Chicago is clear cut winner over Columbia as well?

It sounds like the less compeitition to get interview slots at Kellogg doesn't make up for the Ibanking rep advantage of Chicago Booth. Much thanks!

I graduated from chicago in 2008 and went into s&t. But I know lots of people who went into IB from both schools. When I was there, the odds of landing an IB job at a BB firm were the same from both schools. All the major firms recruited at both, both had strong IB campus groups to help with recruiting, etc. Almost all good candidates who "played the game" in recruiting got multiple offers. Of course this was the fall of 2006, so I am not sure how different it is now. On the margin, the MM shops might be easier from chicago or columbia, but kellogg grads tend to be pretty helpful to their own.

The less competition argument has almost no merit. First, the banks tend to adjust the size of the closed lists based on how many people they liked in recruiting, so it can be proportional to interest. Also, if you aren't good enough to get on the closed lists at Chicago, you wouldn't get the offer from any other school either.

On the academic side, coming from a non-finance background, as I was, Chicago will offer you the best education possible. You can make a much more rigorous and thorough schedule for yourself than you can at kellogg, columbia, wharton, etc. And after meeting my fellow associates from other top schools I stand by this comment 100%.

Not even a question. Met and have known several Chicago grads in my incoming Associate class at a BB, all smart guys, well trained. For whatever reason, never met a Kellogg. Granted, I went S&T so we were very finance-oriented, but still, I'd say Chicago hands down.

"Chicago booth sucks ass... only businessweek likes those clowns" - someone didn't get accepted"

Yes, you.

" "Chicago booth sucks ass... only businessweek likes those clowns" - someone didn't get accepted"

Yes, you. "

Philosphical monkey, you remind me of a kid playing with a discussion board. Be constructive or shut it.

But why shut it homie?

Ah, I get it... if I am constructive he'll give me a loose BJ, and if I am not he'll give me a tight BJ. Strange fellow. But I can't complain.

Thanks for clarifying, Marcus.

Probably trading, hedge funds, and Asset Management -mostly anything dealing with securities, where pricing/handling of such is dependent on the market.

The jobs are pretty quant-focused, so your engineering background is highly desirable.

You're definitely smart, as an engineer and getting into bschools, but you might want to research the industry before deciding you want to transition into banking.