Undergraduate

Is UMiami good for undergrad finance? What is UMiami’s Herbert School of Business regarded as? Are there any special programs at UMiami that makes it stand out from other colleges? How is the investment banking placement overall and specifically in NYC?

05 Sep 2023

SMU (Southern Methodist University) is currently undergoing renovations for the cox school of business buildings, the football stadium, and has recently joined the ACC. Do you think that SMU (specifically for the undergraduate school) will rise in ranks and become a more prestigious, selective,...

05 Sep 2023

Hello! As said in title, I am an American going into my first year at Oxford studying Economics and Management. Idk what I want to do right now, but I know I want to do finance (probably IB, PE, or consulting) and I want to do it in the US (I'm a citizen, all my family lives in New England, etc.)...

20 Aug 2023

I was wondering which undergrad colleges for a career in finance/IB are underrated?(excluding schools already established on Wall Street like UMich, NYU, Northwestern, etc) Which colleges do you think may reach top/higher rankings in the next 10 or so years? For example, USC used to be mainly known...

25 Jul 2023

I cannot make up my mind wether i should go to ESADE or The Bayes business school of city…Any advice would be appreciated!!!

15 Jul 2023

Hello, I am deciding between Economics at Nottingham and Politics with economics at Bath with a placement year. I have heard that Bath’s placement year is very good, but I am not sure if it compensates for the fact that the course is not pure Econ as Nottingham and less quantitative. I would...

29 Jun 2023

Essentially the title. I'm an incoming freshman looking to pursue a career in Investment Banking and Private Equity in New York City, and I've heard the opportunities for recruiting/placement here are quite poor in comparison to how well Stanford places in fields like tech and medicine. To overcome...

12 Jun 2023

I am currently a first year student at the University of Oregon and was recently accepted as a Spring semester transfer student to USC Marshall. My career goal is to work in IB but I am aware that it will be extremely difficult to break in coming from UO. This was my main reason for applying as a...

08 Jun 2023

Hi all, as part of my undergraduate business studies in Europe, I am looking to go to the US for a semester abroad. We have multiple partner universities there. I was trying online to find a reliable source in order to rank these universities and decide where I wanted to go. I used rankings from the...

08 Jun 2023

As you can see from the title i'm quite desperate for help in choosing what program to pick. Ive been admited to Finance at Durham, Economics at Nottingham. Now I would choose Durham in a heartbeat bu my only concern is that the program is finance and not econ. And although I could switch to econ...

13 May 2023

Hello, I'm currently trying to determine where to go for my undergrad. Currently, I'm most interested in management consulting, and these are my top 2 choices but I still have some questions. I'm also currently leaning towards USC, because I was invited to the Global Leadership Program (from what...

24 Apr 2023

I am currently a junior in high school looking to crack into investment banking, or some finance career if not, with a 4.4 GPA and 1420 SAT trying to figure out what schools I’d be competitive at that would still set me up well. Any feedback or advice on what colleges or programs to look at with...

18 Apr 2023

Hey y'all, I might not be the most intelligent person in this discussion compared to other deciding IVY league school, but I wanna work in finance (IB, Hedge, Private Equity) and I was wondering if anyone has a suggestion on which of the two schools I should attend? I know both school have people...

10 Apr 2023

Greetings everyone, I am currently an international student holding undergraduate econ offers for the 3 mentioned universities and would like to ask for some advice. The tuition fee for Warwick is about 30,000£, while Bath charges 23,000£ and Durham charges 26,000£ I know these are not easy...

05 Apr 2023

This is a list of schools I got into UMich (Ross) Northwestern (Econ) Georgetown (McDonough) Cornell (Nolan) (Hotel Administration) Claremont McKenna (Econ) Emory (Goizueta) Boston College (Caroll) IU (Kelley) But I am specifically trying to decide between my top few choices of Umich, Georgetown,...

01 Apr 2023

Hello! I'm a high school senior who needs to decide where to spend the next four years of my life. I've been accepted to the following schools with a couple of waitlists, but for the purposes of this post, here is what I'm considering right now: - UT Austin McCombs + Canfield Business Honors Program...

30 Mar 2023

International student here who received offers at USC Marshall School of Business, WashU in St. Louis Olin School of Business, and Georgia Tech for undergrad. I aspire to get into VC, IB, consulting, or start-ups after my studies. I did not apply for financial aid, so I'll almost be paying full...

26 Mar 2023

Hi, I'm a first year student at Oxbridge, and I'm very interested in a career in finance. I think I'd enjoy working in a family office, but I haven't found much information about how to break in to the industry. Would anyone be willing to offer any advice for someone in my situation? Thanks

03 Mar 2023

Basically I'm a sophmore with an offer for summer for HSBC alternative assets in RE. I'm interested in the role as it is AM but I'm worried I get too pigeonholed into RE considering 2/3 of my past experiences are in the RE sector (freshman summer - RE developer, sophmore in-semester intern - VC,...

06 Feb 2023

We all get those letters from your old University asking for donations. Anyone here ever donated? How much? And what is the benefit for you (the donator) if you keep donating every year long term?

06 Feb 2023

I'm a current senior in high school who wants to go into either IB or management consulting (probably consulting). I got a full ride from Fordham and got into the Global Business Honors Program, which has only like 15-20 kids and seems like it could be helpful. I won't be able to transfer to a...

22 Jan 2023

Hi everyone, I'm looking for some advice on postgrad finance study. For background, I'm from a quant degree at a non-top 200 world uni in the UK, 85% grade average, previous BB Ops SA and I am an incoming BB S&T SA. The S&T SA starts at the end of my undergrad so I'm looking to do a postgrad to tide...

19 Jan 2023

Haven't seen one of these in 5 minutes. Given UK University offers are starting to come out I thought it could be somewhat useful for firming / clearing. My opinion from many interviews, ACs and LinkedIn Alumni statistics, based mainly from FO Banking presence, Consulting, as well as general...

13 Jan 2023

Right now I'm in the process of applying for Universities. My criteria are the following: Preferably under £25,000 Decent reputation For UK universities I have noticed a minor problem with grade scaling. A-levels are easier than my countries final exam and universities tend to take the results on a...

29 Dec 2022

Hi, hope everyone is doing well and enjoying their end to the year. As someone interested in recruiting for RX, I'm aware that timelines kick off a little earlier than other groups at banks. Had the chance to talk to some folk who've told me that networking calls are difficult as of right now due to...

21 Dec 2022

I currently have a BO (audit) full-time offer at BB but have been trying to get into FO positions with no luck yet. The base salary is good, not much different from FO positions in my region and company, but the role is a bit mundane. I'm considering a couple of options now, 1. Take the offer, stay...

22 Nov 2022

Hey guys, Recently discovered this platform and looking around it has been very helpful. I am currently in Year 13 (final year of secondary/high school) and am interested in a career in IB in the future. I am in a bit of a tricky situation. I have been accepted for an undergraduate degree at Bocconi...

30 Oct 2022

Hi, hope everyone is having a great day so far. For some context, I'm currently a sophomore at a semi/non-target studying finance. Following a successful cover letter submission, I now have an interview scheduled next week at a long only hedge fund. A lot of the guides that I've found online are...

21 Oct 2022

I am a senior in high school and live in Connecticut. I am in a weird place and would appreciate some advice. My GPA isn't the greatest, and I am working on improving my SAT. I am applying to target and semi-target schools, but I don't think I will be accepted. So I narrowed my realistic options to...

06 Oct 2022

I don't know if it's just me , but I recently graduated and have been feeling so weird about life in general. It is quite lonely and difficult to be pretending to be okay in the office. I work at subpar institution (still a global bank) and with a very small team. The work is within CIB hence not...

02 Oct 2022

I'm a freshman at Texas A&M as an undergrad and despite their large network, they don't have that much prestige so I was considering a transfer somewhere else such as UT Austin McCombs which has more prestige than A&M. Because their transfer rates are so low (10%), I was wondering if I should change...

06 Sep 2022

Is Duke worth the $150k loan I'll have to take? My other options are UC Berkeley and UCLA, where my parents will pay for the entirety of my tuition. I want to join a private equity MF out of undergrad and don't have intentions of doing a post grad

24 Aug 2022

Hello there, I am a 1st year student who achieved a 2:1 (unfortunately got a bit excited with Uni lifestyle and missed out on first), I am looking to make it into Investment/Commercial Banking, and want to do as much as possible to boost my CV and knowledge to strengthen my application for my...

01 Aug 2022

Hi all, I posted here about a month ago to pick between Umich LSA and Vandy for HOD (which is the closest thing they have to a business major). I ended up going with Vandy but was recently accepted into USC Marshall and I need to make a decision. USC has been my dream school for all my life but I...

01 Jul 2022

Ivey AEO or Mcgill Desautels undergrad for top master programs Hi, I'm planning on doing my undergrad at western with ivey aeo status but also slightly debating going to mcgill desautels. I intend on pursuing a masters or law school in the US and was wondering whether admission officers know of the...

31 May 2022

To preface this post, I’m a senior in high school, but I plan on pursuing a career in private equity or asset management. I’ve been accepted into the Kelley Business school and the Pamplin business school (Virginia tech). I’ve heard many great things about the IB placement for Indiana...

19 Apr 2022

Hello all, I am a current undergraduate transfer student who is looking at transferring to either the Wisconsin School of Business at Madison or the Carlson school of Management at the University of Minnesota, majoring in finance. Thus far I have been admitted to Carlson, and my admission to...

09 Apr 2022

I am completely confused and need advice to help choose the right UG Program. I am looking at majoring in Finance with Business Analytics or Computer Sciences. Have offers from USC Marshall, BC Carroll, Indiana Kelley, and Georgetown. Tuition is not a consideration as family would be helping out....

03 Apr 2022

Currently a high school senior wanting to go into finance (private equity, venture capital) and am heavily interested in academia. I was left without any options this application season because it was absolutely brutal (21 APs, 34 ACT, 4.3 GPA, stellar ECs and sports and letters of recommendation,...

31 Mar 2022

With only about a month left for me to decide, I've narrowed down my list of schools down to two: BC's CSOM and Umich's LSA (denied from Ross). I'm shooting for IB after college, and was wondering which school would help me break in as best as possible. I've visited both schools and thoroughly liked...

29 Mar 2022

For context, I am an international student and after getting a Bachelors I would like to get a Masters and a job in the US. On that note, what school would be better for achieving these objectives? Bocconi is ranked very highly, but I am concerned about its recognition in the US, on the other hand...

24 Mar 2022

Hey everyone, I currently attend the University of Miami b-school for finance. I am a freshman and am wondering what the reputation at University of Miami in Florida is. Also, if anyone could rank the b-schools from worst to best for IB that would be great. 1. University of Miami 2. Colgate...

26 Jan 2022

To preface, I was a pretty good high school student that has great test scores and a terrible junior year. I have a 33 on my ACT and I would have had well above a 4.0 GPA had I not gotten a terrible F (in band of all classes!). I've applied to semi targets such as Tulane, UVA, and WashU, but the...

24 Jan 2022

I am an incoming 2022 SA at a BB and I'm thinking about graduating a semester late since I'm double majoring (total 4.5 years), otherwise I would have to take >20 credits each semester which seems unreasonable to me. On the original internship application, I put a Spring 2023 grad date. How do you...

08 Jan 2022

Hey all, Just doing some research for UK Unis for Undergraduate studies, and I'm just wondering - does it all even matter what course you pick? Are you able to get into a good economics masters program even with, say, a degree in philosophy or business management? Thanks!

03 Jan 2022

Hello, I hope this is the right forum section to post this. I recently graduated from an Austrian high school and because I attained the max grades in our school leaving exams (1,0 in the Austrian Matura) I have a couple choices. My goal would be to get into IB. These are my options: UK: So far I've...

24 Nov 2021

Hi monkeys. I have a pretty dumb question but have been struggling a good bit trying to figure this out, and I felt like you all would have some good perspective for me. I'm graduating next Spring and will join FT in MM IB. I had a good bit of AP credits going into college, so I will be done with...

27 Oct 2021

Hey all, I just want to start by saying that I’m very grateful to have found this community and the Wall Street Oasis podcast. It’s given me a lot of knowledge in the IB industry as well as the confidence that if you do the right things often enough, there is a good chance one can break into...

13 Oct 2021

Instagram account "Litquidity" posted this visual recently and wanted to gather thoughts on school placement. I attended one of the public schools near "Target AF" and was surprised to see the schools surrounding it. IMO some schools got shafted on placement... cough cough UCLA.

12 Oct 2021

Hi all, I am currently a senior at a target/semi-target UG school with a 3.5 GPA, good extracurriculars, and a corporate strategy summer internship at an F500 firm this summer. I have been recruiting for FT since early August, but have only received one interview invitation from a T2 firm (where I...

11 Sep 2021