How Important is McIntire (UVA)?
In 2019, how much does it help to be in comm vs another major for recruiting?
Would love to hear people's input since I've seen conflicting opinions on this.
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In comm school, I'd say it doesn't make a difference as almost all IB recruiting is done before third year starts.
Do you think it's the type of thing where there's just lots of overlap in the pools of people who are in comm and people who want to recruit / are able to recruit successfully?
To get into comm, seems like you need a decent GPA ~ 3.7ish and some involvement in other orgs, both of which are usually helpful for recruiting.
Is UVA the target, and most people who recruit for IB happen to be in comm? Or is comm the target?
Yes, there is a lot of overlap. However being in comm will always help you gain a solid understanding of the corporate finance needed for the job.
At the end of the day, the current recruiting timeline is a relatively new phenomenon. When it comes down to the pool of alums and overall (assuming IB/PE) recruiting network will be from McIntire. The experience there is very communal and a lot different from the typical undergraduate college curriculum and all these people share the experience of going through that "process." Of course as was said, today the top UG business schools are holding less of an impact on summer analyst IB recruiting but again summer analyst recruiting is really the extent of it. That's not to mention that personally I don't see the current timeline continuing to exist across any school in the near future. There's been a lot of push back from career services departments.
In short, yes those who recruit well from McIntire tend to have very high marks with involvement in the student-run funds or one of the upper-tier fraternities (this is particularly true at UVA where a few of the funds and fraternities have direct pipelines to certain firms) and in turn the same people tend to usually get into McIntire. Those who don't get in or who don't fall in either organization category but do well are the exception to the rule.
Would you say a combination of stem major and involvement in a good student-run fund would set me up well for IB if I don't want to go to the Comm school?
With a high GPA and some networking, you should get the first round yes. The only issue is a stem major may make it harder to get as high grades, and banks just don’t have the time to take into account everyone’s rigor.
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