The most important point of getting into a top rated mba program is your undergraduate record and mcats. Go where you think you will be happiest and most engaged.
And top schools seem to like some work experience like HBS.
But no reason you can’t go direct from UG. No school will guarantee you an IB career. Not Harvard not Princeton. It’s more competitive than this college search.
And you can find alums from every great school in IB.
And quite frankly I would suggest thinking a bit wider. Most people identify elite finance careers with IB. The real money is made in private equity. And hedge. PE really loves the high profile mbas. Some come out of banks and analyst roles but in my experience they are groomed as PE associates out of top b schools.
They are the ones all the bankers are courting. IB coordinates the deals. PE own the deals.
^^^Vast majority of the time it’s IB after YG for two yrs (analyst program), then top 15 MBA program, then PE / Hedge Fund. That’s the normal track for those looking to get in to PE or HF. A great resource that provides tons of info on this and related topics (including consulting, corp finance, etc. is Wall Street Oasis at Wallstoasis.com.
UNC returned our deposit last year when my so changed his mind. Bc has a stellar business school. If you pick UNC you have to be able to live with not getting into the business school. I don’t remembwr the percentages. That being said plenty of people with liberal arts degrees work in banking. Good luck
@privatebanker I am of course looking at stuff other than IB, but I think for the sake of asking questions on CC it’s the best “target.” So to be more specific, when I meant government job, I was talking about intelligence. It’s something that I might want to stick to, or at least use as a step in my career. I am not sure how intelligence jobs are regarded by MBA programs and Wallst, but I’d imagine that it’s quite interesting.
@Vincent1997 Those are great ideas. The govt post sound fun and interesting. No money but good connections for sure. Defense and national security industry in va and dc is a huge business when you go back to private industry
Also finance too. There is a history of FBI agents coming though Bc over the years. The Irish Boston connection. I don’t know about know.
Did you hear back from Bc yet. I just heard unc is growing it’s business school by 50 percent and there will be a 2000 ipchargr each year for the privilege of of those majors. Not sure bigger is better but they will be putting money into it you would think.
@privatebanker thanks for the response! I have not heard from BC, but I might hear on Thursday. Unfortunately, I think that the UNC business expansion won’t help me. I believe their current class size is very small. At least if you compare it to schools like bc and usc.
Good luck. Let me know or dm me when you decide.