Best Undergraduate College for Investment Banking and Hedge Funding

<p>How about Swarthmore? Does its location near Philadelphia helps, as least it's not as rural as Williams or Bowdoin..? It's not listed on the Lehmon Brothers list, but it's more selective than half the schools on the Lehman list.. and there are some SWat alums who work at LB according to <a href="http://www.swarthmore.edu/Documents/administration/careerservices/2005_postgrad_survey.pdf%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.swarthmore.edu/Documents/administration/careerservices/2005_postgrad_survey.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Do internationals get internships and subsequently recruited, and maybe shipped overseas eg London when their OPTs are over?</p>

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Okay, so assuming its not a "target" does that mean its impossible to land a job at i-banking right out of undergrad UNC buisiness?

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<p>If you do well in school, get an interview and land the job, I'm sure you have nothing to worry about.</p>

<p>I think Swarthmore isn't as heavily recruited as Amherst or Williams because the students there are less likely to pursue a career in banking. Of course, that's a gross generalization, but Swatties are more of the intellectual type who want to pursue other endeavors. It's similar to UChicago in that regard. They're very exceptional schools, but the students could care less about working on Wall Street.</p>

<p>i'm sure they recruit international students. my sister is an international student at LSE and she had an internship with Goldman Sachs in London.</p>

<p>London is a bit different though because the laws there make it much easier for firms to hire internationals. In the US visa laws are very tight, such that top firms sometimes have to settle for slightly less qualified Americans to fill their NY offices due to visas for better qualified internationals not going through. In these cases they usually reassign the international to London where there is much less red tape.</p>

<p>^Yup. I think London and Hong Kong are much more accommodating for internationals than the US.</p>

<p>yes, quagmire, again.</p>

<p>in case you haven't noticed, i am in complete AGREEMENT with you!</p>

<p>the marketable value isn't the quality of education, it is the prestige.</p>

<p>that is exactly what i am referring to.</p>

<p>sweet lord.</p>

<p>lol, van_herrs, i dont think i remember you, but the point of mine that you agree with applies, I think, only to undergrad (maybe even grad) business education....wont really matter much for engineering because most large firms, such as say Chevron or ExxonMobil, hire engineers from several not-so-remarkable state schools...this doesnt apply to to firms like Goldman Sachs, or other firms in the financial industry, which hire mostly from schools like HYPS, Wharton, Sloan, Stern (:D) etc....prestige basically matters more for areas such as banking and consluting...</p>

<p>Regarding the Swarthmore bit.. on one hand there's less recruiting there.. but do you guys mean there's less competition there for the fewer intern/jobs?</p>

<p>You're not JUST competing against other Swatties; you'll be gunning for the same SA positions as Yalies and Dukies.</p>

<p>lol @ consluting</p>

<p>which would you think would be better for a top i-banking job between UChicago and UPenn (econ major in both)? I'm trying to pick between these two schools, both of which I love!</p>

<p>Both will get you in, my experience is Penn has an edge. But choose the one you like more.</p>

<p>Ok, so I am a little confused. For investment banking, wouldn't it be better in major in international business or finance instead of econo. Schools like Harvard, Princeton, etc. don't have any business majors. So wouldn't it be better to major in more unique majors instead of just economics? Please correctly me if I am wrong!</p>

<p>Yeah that's wrong. IB's like econ majors at top schools.</p>

<p>NYU CAS (Trustee Scholarship) or Northwestern for eventual int'l finance?</p>

<p>NYU: Scholarship, proximity, internships & reputation within NYC
Northwestern: Higher US News Rank? Better "prestige" name?</p>

<p>My gut tells me NYU, but does it even matter between those two?</p>

<p>Thanks.</p>

<p>go yo nyu........</p>

<p>DO NOT go to NYU. NYU is good on wall st because of Stern. If you're not in Stern you're not going to get nearly the same amount of recognition that you would at NW. If you were in Stern I'd say NYU in a second, but CAS isn't nearly on par with NW for ibanking.</p>

<p>Ok, sure, I agree with you - but that said, if I wanted academic breadth, such as a Philosophy (NYU CAS has one of the top programs in the country) and a Economics Honors double major (still a very respected program), wouldn't NYU provide me the broad education I want in a city with the opportunities to get internships on my own?</p>

<p>Northwestern is an amazing school - but as someone looking to avoid suburbia, couldn't I get away with going the NYU route instead?</p>

<p>yea from what you said you seem to like nyu alot more. go there.</p>