<p>Hey all,</p>
<p>I was wondering which undergrad schools are the best today. I haven't found rankings later than 2008 on WallStreetOasis, and was wondering if/how they changed. I'll be applying this Fall, ED/EAR to Wharton or Princeton (legacy).</p>
<p>Regards,</p>
<p>-Matt</p>
<p>P.S. Check out my second thread if you have an extra minute!</p>
<p>Rankings don’t have to be so specific. I just view them in tiers.</p>
<p>Your school is either harvard, penn, target, semi-target, or non-target.</p>
<p>No, IB target rankings haven’t materially changed, only the bank rankings have. Wharton is still overrepresented in IB, and schools like harvard and princeton will continue to get a lot of action from recruiters. It’s a self perpetuating cycle since, all else being equal, analysts tend to favor students from their own schools</p>
<p>Thanks a lot guys, seems like I’ll be using my ED on one of those 3 schools.</p>
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<p>Before you commit to a school because of perceived prestige, recognize that ANY target school will get you into IB as long as you come out with a respected GPA. So if you like another target more than Wharton, Harvard, or Princeton, feel free to choose it.</p>
<p>If that is the case can you list all the target schools, including which ones are at the top.</p>
<p>Top target: Harvard, Upenn, Yale, Princeton, Cornell, MIT, Duke, Stanford, Darthmouth, Brown</p>
<p>Second target: UChicago, NYU, Michigan, Northwestern, Williams, and so on</p>
<p>Semi target: Notre Dame, Vandy, Emory</p>
<p>Also it should be mentioned that only Wharton is the target, Upenn non Wharton is much less a target but still one.</p>
<p>Uhm…Columbia please, Mr Beluga?</p>
<p>Damn forums that don’t let you edit your post.</p>
<p>In terms of recruitment and in terms of number of kids sent to Wall Street:</p>
<p>Tier 1: Wharton and Harvard
Tier 2: Stanford, Yale and Princeton
Tier 3: Columbia, Duke and Dartmouth
Tier 4: NYU (Stern), Georgetown, UVA, Penn (non-Wharton), UChicago, Northwestern, Cornell, Brown, Williams, Amherst, Swarthmore and MIT
Tier 5: Michigan (Ross), Berkeley (Haas), UCLA
Tier 6: Emory, USC, Vanderbilt, Notre Dame, UNC, Carnegie Mellon</p>
<p>Some notable schools missing* Johns Hopkins, WashU, Caltech, Rice, Wake Forest, Tufts, etc.</p>
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Wait, wait, Cornell is on the same tier as Princeton? So you’re saying that the kid with a .1 higher GPA from Cornell would be picked over a kid from Princeton, all else equal?</p>
<p>So a strong applicant from any tier can get into IB?</p>
<p>Yes. Go to a school you enjoy, and, most importantly, can afford. For those reasons, I would recommend one of the public ivies (Michigan, UVA, UNC (though to a lesser extent), or one of the UCs). Also, if you want a school that is very easy to get into, look at Indiana University. The requirements for direct admission into Kelley (their school of business) are quite low and IU sends about 30 students each year into BB. They have an investment banking workshop which has near perfect placement if you get into it, though it is difficult. Good luck.</p>
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<p>Yes, a strong applicant from any tier can get into IB because all these schools in different tiers have one form or another of on-campus recruiting. Obviously more companies and more positions will be allocated for Harvard/Wharton grads when compared with Vanderbilt/USC grads.</p>
<p>Where do the following schools fall on the list:</p>
<p>Boston College
Villanova
Lehigh
Bucknell</p>
<p>Boston College and Villanova are both really good, and the differences between the two are marginal but BC’s location is more ideal. Lehigh is solid, highly respected in Philly/PA region. As for Bucknell, I have no idea. Though from what I read it is a little bit lower represented than Lehigh, but I’m really not sure.</p>
<p>In terms of my tiers:
Boston College could arguably be Tier 6.</p>
<p>The other schools get little to no OCR (on-campus recruiting) for FO jobs.</p>
<p>Thanks a lot everyone. You were all very helpful. Looking forward to enjoying and being successful at college next year.</p>
<p>May I ask how is Purdue viewed in the eyes of bankers? Which tier is it belonged to?</p>
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<p>I’d generally agree with this list, although I think a few notable schools missing from Tier 6 are: Texas, Boston College, Indiana, Villanova. While their undergrad b-schools may not be as selective as a ND or Vandy (esp. Indiana and Nova which are pretty easy to get into), their street placement is comparable, and likely even better than more regional targets like an USC or Emory which don’t place that well into NY.</p>