Difference in tier 1 and tier 2 in investment banking and tech and quant positions.

Tier S++ (Super Target)

Harvard / Yale / Princeton - HYP

Wharton - UPenn's undergrad business school - 4yrs

Stanford - The most prestigious western school

Tier S+ (Target)

UPenn / Dartmouth / Columbia - Mid-tier Ivies. Non-Wharton UPenn is still a target school

MIT


This is from a post this year and was just wondering from anyone who is a recruiter for IB or quant whether being in S+ would be a disadvantage. I know that it is not a big disadvantage however, I would just like to know what else I could do when attending a tier S+ college that would put me in the same ranks as someone from HYP for example. This goes for quant and IB. Also whether the VC and entrepreneurial side of the colleges is strong in tier S+

 

To be honest, I don’t think you’ll be able to make it into investment banking from a school like Columbia. Recruiters practically regard it, along with Penn (non-W) and MIT, as community colleges. No banker in their right mind would even open your networking email and most have a filter to send every non-HYPSM email to the trash.

 

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