<p>Rochester's finance is ranked 14th in the States. However, I have read that it is not a target school for many banks. Can anyone shed some light on Rochester's placement into finance? Is it possible/feasible to break into F500, WStreet? Rochester has a well respected economics department, from what I have read, but shouldn't this be measured on the basis of work placement? </p>
<p>Thanks in advance. </p>
<p>Outside of the same small list of top prestige schools plus the couple of big prestige schools, there is no school that is a “target school” for all banks or even that many. It just depends more on what a person does. If you can get into Yale, this is less of an issue. See? The idea that there is a connection or feeder is wrong. </p>
<p>I have no idea how an undergrad department should be rated and most of that is bull anyway. Graduate department rankings matter because that affects your job in your field, though it seems to matter most - perhaps even only - if you go into academics. There isn’t much research on the effect but the idea is that jobs in academia last a period of years so the first job has a longer career effect. I don’t trust the results - small study, nearly self-selected - but there is some value in the idea, though of course the effect fades over time and may even vanish once one controls for basics like quality of programs. </p>
<p>I know for example from family experience that academic jobs after a PhD in economics do filter through the top x rankings - which is currently 14 in that field. </p>
<p>I looked at the school’s hiring/recruiting history and saw UBS, JP Morgan, Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs (for example). Does UofR not being a “target” put me into a bad position for career plans? I have a high GPA at the U of R w/ active involvement in finance club and summer research experience as a rising sophomore (if that’s what you mean by “more what a person does”) </p>
<p>I’m not in finance but if you are doing well and you have the requisite ambition then you’ll do well. </p>