Can I get into Ibanking with a degree from Berkeley/UCLA?

<p>I will most likely be attending UCLA/Cal next year and I want to go into Ibanking. I don't know much about the field, except that work hours are horrible and that it pays a lot, but I am certainly interested in it. I have also heard that it is near-impossible to get into ibanking jobs without a degree from ivy/stanford/MIT/other ivy caliber schools... so is it extremely hard to get into ibanking with a degree from UCLA/Berkeley? Also what major should I pursue (I am currently a junior in high school) in either schools if I want to do banking? I am interested in many areas: econ, math, engineering, history, etc.. so choosing a major that I won't like will most likely not be a problem.</p>

<p>you could theoretically get into i banking with a degree even from South Dakota State University.....but jokes aside, UCLA and Berkeley are schools which, as far as I know, recruited by I banks for their offices in california...</p>

<p>If you could graduate from Cal's Haas School of Business, you could definitely find an IB job easily.
USNews.com:</a> America's Best Colleges 2008: Best Undergraduate Business Programs</p>

<p>What are the differences between offices in California and offices in the east coast? Do east coast ibankers get paid more? </p>

<p>Thanks Hongda, how about UCLA's Anderson? How does that compare to Haas?</p>

<p>For grad school, Anderson is better. However, I would recommand you going to Haas for your undergraduate education.</p>

<p>Hmm okay thanks. What should I major in though? Math? Econ? Math/Econ? Engineering?</p>

<p>what kind of work you wanna do for an i bank? do you want to work in Corporate finance (M&A etc) or in a more quantitative role (derivatives pricing, quant research etc)?</p>

<p>if you're going to work in a quantitative position, then i recommend math + econ, otherwise, just econ will be fine...</p>

<p>which one is higher paying (if there is a difference)? I think I would like a more of a quantitative position though.</p>

<p>Berkeley is amazing for investment banking. Advice: Join a business frat. Seriously. See you at rush!</p>

<p>Does anyone know about the i-banking placements in other UCs? I'm talking about Davis, Irvine, and San Diego. There seems to be a couple every year.</p>