I initially thought Bentley and Babson were good schools for finance, but many posts on here and CC say otherwise, as far as breaking into IB (not sure about other fields HF, PE, etc.). I applied to Bentley (EA) and I honestly think I'm going to go with Kelley (IU) based on what people have said about it. Nothing was super positive about the Bentley, though.I'm assuming it is mainly because it really isn't well known outside the NE.

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Hi, there. Bentley has a great reputation as a finance school, has exceptional career center, and partners with major firms such as JPM. You will not go wrong applying to Bentley. Ultimately, you get out what you put in.

Here is a quote from CompsBanker on another thread:

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One of the best ways to tell is to go on LinkedIn and run a search for investment banking / private equity professionals from Bentley (or any other school). I've met a lot (most?) of the bankers / PE professionals in the Boston area and I can count the number from Bentley on one hand. I've never met a Bryant person and I've met a handful of Babson folks. It's not to say you can't be successful coming from Bentley, but you've got an uphill battle for sure. It's like any other non-target, you've got to network hard, know your stuff, and generally be a top performer otherwise you won't make it.

 

Yea, I've heard of it. It's part of the 3Bs (Babson, Bentley and Bryant). The three colleges/small universities that solely dedicate themselves school to business. From what I know placement is decent. I would say it's just below semi-target, but well above non-target state school.

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Bentley isn't so well-regarded, I'm sorry, typical UCal will win 10 times. what are your goals and why do you must go to Northeast? if your west coast school is as good as Barnard (women's Columbia backdoor eh?), your chance is as good as the others. Of course the commute costs are different, but that's only relevant when you have similar offers to compare.

 

One of the best ways to tell is to go on LinkedIn and run a search for investment banking / private equity professionals from Bentley (or any other school). I've met a lot (most?) of the bankers / PE professionals in the Boston area and I can count the number from Bentley on one hand. I've never met a Bryant person and I've met a handful of Babson folks. It's not to say you can't be successful coming from Bentley, but you've got an uphill battle for sure. It's like any other non-target, you've got to network hard, know your stuff, and generally be a top performer otherwise you won't make it.

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Bentley's definitely decent and it's really up and coming. There might not be direct on campus recruiting but just from using linkedin and snooping through one of my high school friend's profile (who attends bentley), there were more than just a handful of guys from there at the analyst level at Bulge Brackets. People definitely know of it regionally in the boston area, and if you have 3.7+ GPA (with networking) you'll get your shot at banking for sure

 

Just look at the average SAT scores. At this point doesn't affect job placement, but Babson = good, Bentley = mediocre, and Bryant is just terrible.

^^ That comment smacks of jealousy and bitterness.My university, nonetheless a nontarget, is more selective, yet I'm sure all three of those schools have better recruiting/placement.

Woe is me.

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At this point doesn't affect job placement, but Babson = good, Bentley = mediocre, and Bryant is just terrible.

For breaking into IB I think you would have a better shot with Bentley than Babson. Sure Babson is a great school, but I feel like they weight their entrepreneurship program more heavily than their finance program, but Bentley puts their finance and accounting programs first and has more resources at their fingertips like the trading room.

 

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