William & Mary - Mason School of Business - Advice/Comments Please!
What is the rep of W & M on Wall street? The school is name after Legg Mason and have just completed a magnificent building for the business students on the Williamsburgh campus.
Also, besides the business school how is the overall rep of the school?
I am really thinking of attending so any comments would be helpful.
Research shows that 99% of all wall street professionals agree that anyone who gets rejected from Brown should be shot to death.
SirBankalot, thanks for the humorous response but the question was regarding W & M.
Some regional MM's like Harris Williams recruit there and it has some powerful alumni, but it is by and large a non-target for BB's.
had someone in my BB SA class from W&M. but just one.
I have yet to see anyone from W&M... but I would think if the school is trying to up its rep on using Bill Miller's name, then it should at least be somewhat legitimate, and some fortune 500 companies do recruit there.... Although if compared to other in state schools close by, UVA is by far a much better school, where as Virginia Tech is about par, and I'm talking both in terms of academics and recruiting.
Anyone else?
Tech is not close to on par. Its further separated in terms of quality of placement than UVA and WM. I have direct family members who graduated from each school and they just about all agree. Unless you're striving to be a CPA ( for whatever reason ) its a clear 1.....2............3 (UVA,WM,VT)
I got my bachelor's degree from W&M, but not from the business school. I wasn't into finance that much at the time but from what I remember, the only big name firm recruiting at W&M was MS. From what I hear, the course work and schedule is pretty whack. I'd recommend staying at Brown if you can.
Thanks guys for the input.
@runningcitylikediddy - I have been looking into UVA school of business but unfortunately I will not have the prerequisites to get into the program. Also, from what I have been hearing UVA and W&M are on par with each other in terms of academics and prestige.
@Xiaofan are you currently working in IB and what do you mean the schedule is pretty whack? Also, how is the student life overall?
Would you guys recommend UNC Chapel over W&M?
UVA and WM are on par on nearly every level excluding high finance.
UVA and W&M are overall pretty much similar but for business UVA is about 10 times better. If you were studying liberal arts or PH.D or something, then go to W&M.
Well, UVA is ranked top 10 in both BusinessWeek and World News & Report, while W&M is not ranked from what I understand
W&M posts UVA's career fair and recommends its students to go......
http://www.wm.edu/offices/career/announcements/undergrads/uva-spring%20…
This is W&M's upcoming career fair
http://tribe.experience.com/stu/cf_registered_employers?fhnd=3841
This is UNC's upcomingpresentation
http://careers.unc.edu/events/employerpres.html
I would absolutely recommend UNC over W&M
BUT the real question is, why do you want to leave Brown? It's an IVY and it does get alot of recruiting
Almost every BB and elite boutique held OCR at UVA this past fall. W&M is not as heavily recruited for banking. Good school, but not as many opportunities...
If you end up going to W&M, do accounting, get a Big 4 placement, then go to a legit B-school after a few years of audit work.
Unscientific sampling from LinkedIn for William & Mary and the Mason School of Business:
Booz Allen Hamilton (134)
Capital One (128)
IBM (105)
Accenture (72)
Northrop Grumman Corporation (67)
Bank of America (63)
SAIC (60)
Deloitte (51)
KPMG (47)
PricewaterhouseCoopers (45)
W&M>Fordham
Williamsburg is beautiful, though.
Also,
W&M girls >>>>>>>>> Fordham girls.
William and Mary Reputation (Originally Posted: 08/28/2014)
Hello, I was wondering what the reputation of William and Mary is and how recruiting is at the school. There is a similar topic posted a few years back but I was wondering if anything has changed since.
Thanks
W&M is an awesome public school (very good even among privates) with a gorgeous campus. It's highly regarded for u/g teaching, marketing, and accounting. I have two good friends who went there. No idea if it's a target for finance or consulting, if that's what your asking.
Thanks for the input, I am glad to hear that they have good programs, but I am interested to hear about finance recruiting.
William is cool, but Mary can be a real bitch sometimes.
Recruiting is poor for undergrad, the business school is more geared towards marketing and accounting. Landing a front office fiance position will be a serious struggle. If you're from VA, you should definitely be looking at UVA.
Can't speak for the MBA program though
W&M is non-existent on Wall Street. If your goal is to work in finance, there is a long list of schools you should be considering (UG and MBA) before W&M.
Each year, DB and JPM give out 2 offers to W&M kids. 1 offer from MS each year. Other than that, you have to push yourself really hard in networking to land on Wall Street from W&M. PM me
Thank you so much for all the information!
Marcus_Halberstram Do you speak from experience or have any info to back this?
William & Mary on the Street (Originally Posted: 07/20/2015)
Hi, everyone. I'll be attending the College of William & Mary in the fall. Originally, I was hoping to go to law school, but after learning more about investment banking, I've decided to pursue a career in that field. I understand that William & Mary doesn't get a lot of IB recruiters. Should I plan on transferring to a target school, or can I make it to Wall Street if I do enough networking through the Financial Academy and other such programs?
In addition, I'm pretty much set on an economics major, since I already received credit for the introductory microeconomic and macroeconomic courses I took in high school. Is that a good idea? I've heard that undergraduate business isn't worth it, but William & Mary's handy investment banking guide seems to be written for finance majors. Here's the link: https://mason.wm.edu/programs/undergraduate/careers/finding_your_path/I….
In addition, I really want to move to California after graduating, but I doubt I'll be able to transfer to Berkeley without breaking the bank. Any suggestions?
I would classify William & Mary as a low-end semi-target. It has OK, but not great, representation on the Street. I would get a finance/business degree there instead of an econ degree. The fact that you got credit for introductory econ courses means little as it won't help you graduate faster (also, isn't an introductory economics course required at all schools?)
You should, however, attempt to transfer to a target school. If your GPA is 3.8+ and you have solid ECs, you stand a good chance of getting in somewhere else.
Interesting. I've heard that an economics degree from a non-target is preferable to a business degree. Is that not true?
Brother went to W&M, from what I have seen they do great. Bunch of his buddies are at BB IB's and 2 are at sick PE firms (Blackstone and KKR).
What majors did his friends pursue? Is one type of degree preferable to another when it comes to William & Mary? Lastly, how many William & Mary students are generally recruited for investment banking positions?
I guess it's all relative, but if you transfer you'll only have to pay two years at whatever school you transfer into, no?
And not that they will be any cheaper, but UCLA and USC should also have good IB recruiting for California offices I would imagine.
Bump.
W&M is not a super target like Wharton but it still is a target. I did not go there but girlfriend did.
What was her experience like?
PM'd
Messaged you back.
One last bump.
People have given you tons of valuable information.
Its a good school, not Harvard, but people aren't going to question you for it. Finance and Econ will do just fine, pick the one you like. You're 18 years old...go to the school you ENJOY the most, play sports, join a fraternity, do shit you like doing.
Keep your grades up and network and no matter where you go you will be fine. Enjoy the best 4 years of your life, don't go into it as a stepping stone to get on the street.
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