How good is USC Marshall IB placement for people who aren't in the Trojan Investing Society Mentorship or Leaders Programs?
From what I've heard USC Marshall has good west coast placement but I want to know is the placement still good if you're not in the Trojan Investing Society Mentorship or Leaders programs? For those that don't know, it's the USC equivalent of IU Kelly IBW (investment banking workshop).
Btw, I'm referring explicitly to the mentorship and leaders programs which directly help with IB recruiting and are more selective compared to the general program which anyone can join.
Any current Trojans know whether placement is still good if you're not in one of these selective programs? I'm considering transferring to USC as a sophomore but I don't want to unnecessarily take the risk of transferring and then failing to get accepted into the programs and then be stuck paying 80k a year with no IB offers.
USC has a strong name brand but like with any school your chances of IB reduce by a lot or little depending on the school however if you do not mind me asking what major? If you are in USC Marshall strong name brand and respected across the board so I do not think you can go wrong with it unless the school you are transferring from is of the same caliber and tuition is significantly cheaper.
I'm majoring in finance although I'll probably double major in something STEM later on. I'm transferring from my state school which is a large east coast state school (think Penn State or Rutgers type). We have a decent amount of alumni in NYC in FO positions primarily because of our nearby location so it's not impossible to break in with some hard work and networking.
I'm paying 30k right now and I'd be paying 80k if I were to transfer to USC, so while I understand it's a better brand name, I want to know whether the good IB recruitment it's known for is available to every student or only to students in selective IB-specific programs like the Trojan Investing Society Mentorship or Leadership programs. These programs are selective so I don't want to transfer and end up failing to get accepted into one of these programs and then be stuck paying 80k with no IB offer.
Do you know the acceptance rate for these programs and whether it's still worth it to go to USC for IB even if you're not in one of these programs?
You can search all of this up online just search up the programs placement and the amount of people accepted if you are at penn state I would highly recommend NLF and as for rutgers take advantage of the proximity and network ,network, Network.
All mentorship and leaders does is let you know about recruiting and prepare students with that. If you know what you're doing and what to expect you'll be fine, mentorship is helpful cause it also allows you to network with previous mentorship people at different firms but I personally was too late to apply and still ended up at a BB/EB. USC is a decent school, better for West Coast, but I had to bust my ass to get an offer in NY.
Don't go to SC unless you want to work in LA post grad.
I went to a non target on the west coast and was accepted to transfer into SC but ended up declining the offer. The reason being that I wanted to work in NYC post grad and going to SC would require a similar amount of effort to get to there. After turning down SC I landed IB offers back to back summers from my non target and got a FT offer at a BB when I graduated while saving $50k/year.
Two of my friends ended up transferring into SC for their Sophomore years (one from a semi target and the other from a non target) and both failed to get offers despite having 3.7+ GPA's. One is working in the BO at WF and the other is in the BO at an insurance company making $50k after paying $80k for 3 years. They did get interviews for IB, however I can't speak for why they didn't convert since I wasn't in the room.
Save $50k and network at your non target or apply to schools on the east coast with better FO presence in NYC if that's your goal. Schools like Nova, UVA, and BC will have better placement than SC in NYC.
Bc is definitely more expensive but at the same time I agree with all your points but they were given the opportunity perhaps they did not know what they were in for?
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