This is actually 1,000% true. Back during my Analyst program on the first day of training, all the Baruch/UF/ASU kids gave a 10 minute standing ovation to the Princeton kids in acknowledgement for conquering such a challenging path into finance. It was incredibly touching, many of the Princeton alums were teary-eyed knowing that the other schools would treat them as equals despite their undergrad background.

“Millionaires don't use astrology, billionaires do”
 

These schools have been overshadowed by the superior IU Kelley in recent years. Makes sense since Princeton and UChicago students are just unqualified spoiled rich kids who who aren’t even smart and study liberal arts /Econ. So unfair. Surely they can’t know as much about DCFs and excel as we do since we get BbA iN ACcounTInG and take classes called “international global business decisions”

 

Hard to say any top 25-30 school is a 'sleeper' school

A lot of the regional offices (e.g. Chicago, Houston, etc.) don't really recruit from the same target pool as the NY offices so you'll see a lot more of the top 50-75 ranked state schools placing people in IB in those offices (perhaps in large part due to the massive size of the graduate classes) plus a handful in NYC.

In NYC banking, I've always seen pretty good representation from some less likely schools like Indiana (because of the workshop), Miami University (Ohio), Baruch, and Yeshiva. Also see decent numbers from the 'rich kid' schools like BU, SMU, GWU - though most are more from parent/family connections vs. the school itself.

 

Would say UGA could fall into that 50-75 category. UGA does pretty well in Atlanta and Charlotte and has a few kids who make it to NY.

 

Not a "sleeper" school but not often discussed on this site. Of all of the Ivys Brown is the least frequently mentioned. Going there you'll have the same access to every firm as the rest. Granted, they may not come to campus for OCR, but they'll still view you as a target and there will be alumni at the bank. And significantly fewer people are vying for IB jobs there's a lot less competition

 

Likely any school which has a reputation for being strong in another area, i.e. finance recruiting is overshadowed by how many students choose pursue something else. Some that come to mind:

Rice Carnegie Mellon Wash U

Other schools that come to mind are LACs (especially in the northeast) that aren't necessarily the strongest finance education but have small, tight knit alumni groups that are the WASP-y banker types

 

UCLA is the top public school in the nation, plus its in SoCal - I saw on another thread someone saying an LAC like Middlebury is a better place lol

 

With respect, there is this Wall Street workshop that has very solid placement.

 

Would someone be hindered in recruiting if they transferred to another school sophomore year?

 

Maybe New York....but resumes from UCLA are definitely not trashed in LA/SF...especially not LA...

 

I can confirm this post, I’m in the Carroll school at BC. citi takes 15, ubs takes 12, GS takes 4, dB takes 8, Jeffries takes 4, Barclays takes 5, baml takes 4, top boutiques take total ~10, regional/Boston boutiques take ~10. definite sleeper school.

 

Bryant - no

Bentley - Decent placement in Boston area. I know they have some people at Boston Lazard and a decent amount of Falcons at the smaller Boston boutiques. 

Babson - As long as you somewhat bust your arse, you'll be fine. Good recruiting connection with Piper, Harris Williams, Moelis Boston, Raymond J, Citizens. Lots of alumni at BB, but no formal IB recruiting from them. For non-IB, TONS of alumni at BBs across the boards. 

If you're looking for B Schools, just save yourself the hassle and go to BC

 

Many times students who attend smaller colleges have a better chance at breaking into IB/BB through alumni connections. I’ve heard of a few students from Emory, Babson and Davidson landing gigs.

 

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