<p>Ucla uc Berkeley USC are these reputable schools for i-banking?</p>
<p>If you want to work in CA, then yes.</p>
<p>If you want to work in NYC, then Berkeley (Haas) will give you the most realistic chance.</p>
<p>Haas</p>
<p>I believe most of the investment banking takes place at the main office in NYC rather than West Coast branch offices.</p>
<p>hmmmm so ucla isn't as attractive as haas.</p>
<p>UCLA can get it done if you're ok with working in the LA offices of i-banks. </p>
<p>If you are a superstar student at UCLA you can have a shot at the NYC office of top i-banking firms. (superstar = 3.95+, engineering, or applied math + biz econ w/ computing specialization + accounting minor, president of 3 major clubs, all while working part-time or playing a sport)</p>
<p>Also do note that it's tough getting into Haas. But if you're very confident that you can get in, then Berkeley should probably be your first choice.</p>
<p>How about Caltech and Stanford?</p>
<p>Not so much Caltech, but Standford is a yes in my book since it is, after all, one of the top business schools, right?</p>
<p>If you're talking about undergrad, Stanford does not have an undergrad business major. They do have a Management Science & Engineering major though. Stanford is excellent for i-banking since it's one of the best schools in the country.</p>
<p>Caltech engineers and math/science majors are excellent candidates, since it's one of the best schools in the country for engineering/math/science. Caltech is ranked by usnews as the 5th best school in the country.</p>
<p>Out of the CA schools, usnews ranks them
4. Stanford
5. Caltech
21. Cal
25. UCLA
27. USC</p>
<p>USNews.com:</a> America's Best Colleges 2008: National Universities: Top Schools</p>
<p>Santa Clara also produces some ibankers for the silicon valley/sf</p>
<p>Haas, there is no doubt.</p>
<p>I highly doubt Santa Clara is recruited, it is not in same class as any of the other schools.</p>
<p>hahah Santa Clara recruited by ibanks?</p>
<p>I never said it was a target, but Goldman just started going there (to the b-school Leavey) a year or two ago and I'm sure the other banks recruit very lightly there. I just stated that a handful/small amount of Santa Clara U's get analyst jobs but the other school's listed in this thread are better no doubt.</p>
<p>UCSB is a long cry from UCB, but is it recruited? It is the only mid tier UC with a real business program, so......... what can you do from there?</p>
<p>help?</p>
<p>I-Banks aren't determining their recruiting schedule by following yearly fluctuations in USNWR rankings. </p>
<p>CalTech students are certainly smart enough to do the job, but usually are interested in some other field; so don't think much recruitment goes on, although any application from a student would definitely get attention. 37% of CalTech grads go on to get a PhD. There are only a few other schools that are even half that number.</p>
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network</p>
<p>or get into a good MBA program and then try again</p>
<p>what about usc and claremont mckenna?</p>
<p>I feel ucla would be a great contender, equal to NYU. imo</p>
<p>UCLA gets nowhere near as many wall street internship opportunities as NYU simply because of NYU's location</p>
<p>sup, while it's true that there are fewer Stanford/UCLA/UCB/Pomona kids working in the NY offices relative to their Ivy counterparts, let's not conceal the fact that those Cali schools place much better than NYU/Georgetown/Duke/Dartmouth in the LA/SF offices. Not to mention that exit opps to VCs and tech-focused PE shops or bizdev at tech startups are more readily attainable coming from a UBS/CS LA or LAZ SF purely due to logistical reasons. MoCo, for example, recruits at UCLA but not at NYU or Dartmouth.</p>