Help choosing/rank NESCAC schools for Wall Street Careers?
I need some advice regarding NESCAC schools!
I visited all NESCACs and loved Conn College the most, the students seem the friendliest and I love the artsy and laid back vibe, my next favourite was Colby and Trinity, the campus was BEAUTIFUL. Trinity just gave me a bit more of a conservative vibe and idk how I feel because im very liberal and would want to go somewhere progressive. However I saw that Conn is way below in rankings and prestige compared to all other NESCACs and was concerned even though I know I shouldnt choose a school based on that reason. Why is that, and what’s the major difference between ConnCollege and highest ranked NESCACs like Amherst/Williams and Wesleyan?
Also my ultimate goal is to land a job in top consulting firms on Wall Street or an IB, and was wondering if you could rank all NESCAC schools based on prestige, job placement to top New York firms, career/internship support and name recognition among top financial and consulting firms. Will I be missing out on a lot if I chose Conn college among higher ranked NESCAC like Amherst,Bowdoin,Trinity and Colby? I want to major in economics.
My stats are:
ACT 34
SAT 1480
UW GPA 4.0
5 on : AP Bio, Calculus AB, Psychology, Human Geography and Environmental
4 on AP European history and a 3 for AP Lit
Great EC’s: won top student award in my school district based on academic and creative achievement, President of LGBTQ student society, student government President, member of city youth choir, and made a music video that was recognized in a festival nationally.
I understand that I could challenge myself to apply for non-NESCAC schools but i want to apply to those schools for RD and use my ED for NESCAC schools.
Thank you in advance!
I've posted pretty extensively about this, use the search and you'll find some helpful stuff. To give a quick summary purely based on post-grad placement to Wall St/Consulting
Amherst/Williams are by far the best for Wall St/Consulting placement. They're great schools, but very difficult to get into. Your profile looks good, but these schools take all-stars, so unless you're a real standout in some way, went to a top prep school, a URM, athlete, etc it's going to be tough.
After Amherst/Williams, I'd probably put Middlebury, another great school, but regarded as a tier below A/W.
After that I'd put Hamilton/Colby/Tufts. All mid-tier NESCACs but have a slightly frattier vibe, thus better placement into jobs. Jamie Dimon went to Tufts and David Solomon went to Hamilton for what it's worth.
And after
Bowdoin/Bates/Wesleyan. Bowdoin is a high ranking school, but it has a more artsy vibe, so I've seen fewer people from Bowdoin heading to banking. Bates I honesly don't know much about, and I've always thought of Wesleyan as being more liberal as well. With that being said, people can make it from Wall Street from all of these, I'm just saying the student body and general feel of the campus isn't quite as career oriented.
With regards to Trinity/Conn College. Trinity is probably close to that Hamilton/Colby/Tufts tier. It's is definetly not as good of a school as those three, but again, draws a prep school type of crowd. There's a reason they have the best squash team in the US.
Conn College I can't really comment on. I think placement is fairly weak from what I've heard. It's also one of the weakest if not the weakest NESCAC. In general, Trinity and Conn College kind of get beat on as being the NESCAC safety schools. Not to say you shoudn't go because of this, but something to keep in mind.
Here's a old thread I found on it.
https://www.wallstreetoasis.com/forums/how-are-nescac-schools-viewed
What MrHarveySpecter said is generally correct, but just wanted to add my own 2 cents as a current Trinity student. As a whole, NESCACs are really underrated for recruiting because few firms go on campus. It's certainly a "if you want it, you can get it" sort of deal.
The big advantage is the big fish in small sea dynamic. For example, my HS friends are at targets like Berkeley, Columbia, Stern, and its insane. For every analyst they place on the street, you've got 20-30 current kids trying to cold email/info interview with them. Ratio for NESCACs is probably much better, but this is the part where I talk about Trin.
The Trin ratio is 1:1, honestly maybe better. My personal batting average with alumni is insane compared to "target schools", probably 80% of the alums I've emailed have not just responded but been super helpful. Just for example, I've talked with a few alums at BBs and they've literally told me I'm the first Trinity kid to reach out to them.
In regards to Trinity's culture, you're right, out of all the NESCACs its probably the most preppy, fratty, and conservative. Despite that, however, you certainly have a very vocal progressive minority that runs student institutions. Democrats/Minorities are overrepresented in SGA and clubs, which is because your average prep school white kid at Trinity is honestly very apathetic (which plays back into the above dynamic in which you have no competition for alumni help). The preppy rich kid culture becomes a helpful advantage in networking. When most of the student body went to a top prep school and all have lawyer/doctor/banker dads thats bound to result in some solid outcomes versus your typical state schools with a less priviledged student bod
Let me know if theres more specific info you want.
I go to one of the three Maine NESCACs. I’d say there’s a sizable gap stemming from alumni and their willingness to help at my school vs Conn. it’s a great school but it’s harder to compete with Ivy kids for MBB and BB spots. Forbes Grateful grads list tells a lot about alumni and their connection to the school and ultimately the students. Conn is at 66 vs Bowdoin, Amherst, and Williams in the top ten. Pick a set of schools that you love then research their Econ department and finance clubs and other relevant stats like grateful grads and that should help you steer towards a decision for ED
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