Best Undergraduate College for Investment Banking and Hedge Funding

<p>How is Georgia Tech and Boston University for investment banking? And how heavily does having a summer analyst ibd position weigh in transferring??</p>

<p>^^ They aren’t. People at Georgia Tech, outside the MBA program, go no where in life. I know from statistics and personal experience.</p>

<p>Here are my options: </p>

<p>Berkeley Econ
USC Econ
UCLA Econ
Irvine Biz Admin</p>

<p>How would you guys rank those in terms of IB opportunities? I heard Berkeley is significantly higher than the others. And after looking at UCLA and USCs career center websites, I feel like UCLA sucks because their list of companies where students got hired is really short compared to USC…and Berkeley of course. Any opinions on this would help me a lot. Thanks</p>

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<p>If you can’t get into haas, the differences between between berkeley, USC and ucla aren’t significant enough to warrant going to any particular one over the other. Go to whichever one you like the best.</p>

<p>If haas is an option, I think it goes without saying which one you should choose.</p>

<p>Also, unless it lists the positions people got at respective banks, placement/job reports are worthless. Whether or not one school placed more people at Goldman is irrelevant if those people were placed in operations.</p>

<p>@IDCmineLife
You’re an ******* and incredibly wrong.</p>

<p>You make a good point about the lists. But many people say Berkeley is always better in terms of bulge bracket recruitment.
Check this out:
<a href=“http://www.wallstreetoasis.com/forums/usc-vs-ucla-vs-berkeley-economics-programs-0[/url]”>http://www.wallstreetoasis.com/forums/usc-vs-ucla-vs-berkeley-economics-programs-0&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>What do you think?
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<p>I’d agree that all else being equal, Berkeley is better. The thing is, all else is never equal.</p>

<p>While Berkeley is a great school, it is not for everyone.
You have the opportunity to be just as successful at UCLA and USC.
The differences between these schools just aren’t huge. </p>

<p>Personally, I think you should go to the school you think you will enjoy the most.
I recently went through the process at a non-target and never felt like my school held me back.</p>

<p>You’re right. I’ll definately take what you’re saying into consideration when deciding in May. For now, I just need to focus on keeping my grades up.
Thanks :)</p>

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<p>How is grade deflation at different schools viewed? For example a 3.0 at Uchic or 3.2 at Stern?</p>

<p>^ A 3.0 in a quantitative major at UChicago would still be impressive, better than a 3.2 from Stern in my opinion, although neither is optimal to get into IB.</p>

<p>Graduating from GT with a job as an investment banking analyst. It is possible- work hard and network. Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise</p>

<p>Is it possible to break into investment banking graduating from Baruch in NYC?</p>

<p>I’m just curious, since I’m in state & not really sure on how much I can afford for college, how does UW Madison fare in everything?</p>

<p>How is Fordham on IB? I;m asking because its my safety school. Thanks</p>

<p>Berkeley econ is almost as good as Haas. Almost the same opportunities await for them.</p>

<p>Emphasis on the “almost”?</p>

<p>You can get into banking for any top 100 school, just get great grades and network. Everyone here’s asking how this and how’s that for banking, just do your best at whatever school you end up at. Please, if you’re looking to get into banking, READ THIS THREAD and look around on the forum, it IS your best source if you’re trying to break into banking.
[Comprehensive</a> List of Target Schools | WallStreetOasis.com](<a href=“http://www.wallstreetoasis.com/forums/comprehensive-list-of-target-schools]Comprehensive”>Comprehensive List of Target Schools for Investment Banking | Wall Street Oasis)</p>

<p>i hope this isn’t counting as a necro :p</p>

<p>I read somewhere on this thread that through connections at Dartmoth history and philosophy majors were able to get cushy jobs straight out of undergrad (PE I think). Would this also be the case of any other Uni’s where you could do a history or philosophy or a course along those lines and still land a plush job in the Finance? </p>

<p>if that is at all not possible then I will follow my second love being maths. What maths and at which college would ensure that I land the best paying straight out of undergrad (and one with excellent future prospects); I would assume MIT would be on there but I just want to make sure</p>

<p>So once again in Summary. If it is at all possible to go to a college and do a degree like philosophy, history etc and still be able to lend a plush job in finances sijmply through connections/sheer prestige?(first priority) .I also love languages so I will learn japanese, chinese and improve on my french and don’t mind a job in international markets. Otherwise what best maths degree to do to land up a plush job with excellent prospects (I don’t care how rigorous the course is). Just what the best paying jobs are straight out of undergrad and what their careers path look like after you start work!</p>

<p>Thanks</p>

<p>also lets just assume I’ll alawys be topping classes and have a very strong GPA</p>

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Thats not true.</p>

<p>I’m a student at Imperial College in the UK and was wondering, do any hedge funds/investment banks target UK universities? Or will we not stand a chance?</p>