Economics

<p>But being not-so-good in sports (can't make the college team) does not mean that I have no chance at getting an IB job right?..</p>

<p>Absolutely right. None of that swatties I know of at McKinsey or HBS played a varsity sport. Don't worry about it.</p>

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But being not-so-good in sports (can't make the college team) does not mean that I have no chance at getting an IB job right?..

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Yeah, it just helps, that's all.</p>

<p>It was Bear Stearns that was just bought by JPMorganChase for $2 a share.</p>

<p>^I read a few days ago that it was raised to $10 a share.. I dunno about now</p>

<p>Hmm.. Sorry for asking this awkward question.. does height matter in getting IB jobs.. Well, I mean I'm short (guy).. haha.. Is there any 'heightism'? Surely research does say that tall guys are more successful.. I know grades and ECs are more important that height.. but does it matter at all?</p>

<p>i know that this is the swat board, which will always cause the answer to be slightly bias towards swat, but how would you compare swat's econ to cmc's econ?</p>

<p>These will be generalizations, and like all generalizations will have exceptions. Nonetheless, I think they are reflective of the character of the schools and econ departments.</p>

<p>CMC has leadership as a core value, and many graduates go on to careers in finance, politics, policy and international affairs. Research and teaching are career paths that are not as common as at Swarthmore.</p>

<p>Swarthmore has a strong tradition for academia, research and public service. There are also many graduates who go on to public policy. Although there are quite a few Swarthmore grads who go on to consulting or I-Bank careers, my sense is that it not as much a popular career aim as at CMC.</p>

<p>Both CMC and Swarthmore are very good schools with strong economics departments. I think you would be better advised to figure out which college as a whole is a better fit for you and your educational/lifestyle characteristics and go with that choice, rather than choose which college's econ department is better.</p>

<p>Full disclosure: I'm a Swarthmore econ graduate who went on to graduate school in economics. If you really want to go on to get a PhD in economics, you can't go wrong with choosing Swarthmore.</p>

<p>The two aren't really comparable. CMC is a specialty Econ/Poli Sci college. Swarthmore is a full-range liberal arts college, like Pomona. CMC doesn't even have it's own science departments, offering all of its science courses through a Joint Sciences Department serving CMC, Scripps, and Phitzer.</p>

<p>The size of the Econ department at CMC (in terms of number of majors, size of faculty) is more like the Econ department at a much larger university.</p>

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Hmm.. Sorry for asking this awkward question.. does height matter in getting IB jobs.. Well, I mean I'm short (guy).. haha.. Is there any 'heightism'? Surely research does say that tall guys are more successful.. I know grades and ECs are more important that height.. but does it matter at all?

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I'm not going to deny that heightism exists as a phenomenon in the American workplace, but I don't think being short is going to stop you from getting a job at an investment bank, assuming you have the credentials to get a job there in the first place. Thinking back, I did know a couple of short guys who got such jobs out of Swarthmore.</p>

<p>^A.E.- Haha, how short were those guys? They can't be shorter than me?.. haha</p>

<p>Dadx3 - Mind telling where did you get your PhD? Where are you working now? You could PM if you don't want to disclose your details to everybody..</p>