<p>the problem with planning on the big bucks of i-banking is that several hundred of your Stanford classmates will be doing same (not to mention at the stars at hundreds of other colleges). Unfortunately, i-bank jobs are EXTREMELY hard to come by, and thousands of kids planning such a career will be disappointed if the only banking job they can get is selling stocks and mutual funds.</p>
<p>As thumper notes, a better might be MBA from Stanford (or Wharton) or the biggies in the NE corridor, if looking at Wall Street, or Haas if you want to stay in Calif.</p>