<p>Which undergraduate education is better for Ibanking?</p>
<p>In terms of recruitment, or preparation?</p>
<p>how about both. I would like to go on to b-school, but if I can get a job right off the bat that I love, it wouldn’t be necessary.</p>
<p>Both are acceptable options.</p>
<p>Recruitment is probably better at Harvard. But no one has good numbers. The alumni network at Princeton is very strong, which provides ample job opportunities in the financial sector.</p>
<p>Firstly, you will almost certainly not be able to go to a good b-school without working first. Secondly, don’t take this the wrong way but you’ll likely not <em>love</em> banking.
Finally, Harvard over Princeton.</p>
<p>In fact, you will more likely than not dislike banking on the whole.</p>
<p>How do you know? Maybe I really really love money and am willing to throw all morals and shreds of humanity aside for the sake of amassing large quantities of money, in which case, I’d love banking. Maybe I am the man who cries pearls and killed his wife to cry more. Okay, done with the fables.</p>
<p>In that case, you love your paycheck, not the work you do.</p>
<p>I’ll give you a money back guarantee that the recruiting environment at the 2 schools will not be the difference in whether or not you get the IB job - it’ll be your personal accomplishments. Go to the school where you’re most comfortable, because it’ll also be the school where you do your best.</p>
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<p>Possible, but I’ve found that the people who do the best in finance (think Wasserstein of Lazard or Rubenstein of Carlyle) don’t see their jobs that way. After all, didn’t Blankfein say he felt he was doing God’s work?</p>
<p>Finally: go Princeton!</p>
<p>Haha, whatever man I never said you can’t like the money, just that its very possible you won’t enjoy the job. There are many reasons it is often used as a stepping stone by most graduates. It’s no personal offense, but even most Juniors in college don’t know what the job actually entails… they just hear about “Bottles and Models”</p>
<p>True, but the ones who land the jobs know what the the job entails (beyond Models ‘n’ Bottles).</p>
<p>You’d be surprised</p>
<p>"True, but the ones who land the jobs know what the the job entails (beyond Models ‘n’ Bottles). "</p>
<p>That is definitely not true</p>
<p>Which one is better at placing its typical students into elite banks and consulting firms? Harvard.</p>
<p>Which one at where the student will have an easier time (heavy grade inflation)? Harvard.</p>
<p>Which one is the better choice for a smart student who would be near the top of his/her class in college? Neither. Smartest students aren’t influenced by the name of their colleges (especially when comparing among Ivies, Stanford, and MIT).</p>
<p>^ So basically you’re saying Harvard is better?</p>
<p>If you are judging purely on recruitment, yes Harvard has an edge. I think that was said many times.</p>