<p>Next year I'll be going to Hopkins as an econ major and probably double minor in financial econ and entrepreneurship & management. From what I've learned and understood, the econ department at Hopkins is small but strong and growing. After undergrad, I plan on working for a few years and then applying to grad school for an MBA. Right now, I'm very interested in investment banking. I know that employers are well aware of Hopkins' reputation in medicine, but do big businesses (Deutche Bank, JP Morgan, Merrill Lynch, GS, etc.) value the well-roundedness of a liberal arts education from a top university? Or would they gravitate more towards recruiting from a college that may not be regarded as highly as Hopkins but with a strong business school? </p>
<p>Also... same question for graduate business schools. Do the best grad business schools prefer students who studied business in a more liberal arts environment or went to a business school in a "worse" college. </p>
<p>Most of the big banks and some PE places like SIG and Jane Street do resume drops, but I have yet to see a super-day. Banks seem to recruit based on some combination of location, strength of B school, size, and general prestige. </p>
<p>Unfortunately it is true that from a recruiting perspective JHU somewhat lags its academic peers like Cornell, Brown, Vanderbilt, WUSTL etc.</p>
<p>I talked to some people who said that even though there is not much recruitment on campus (although there is some), if you put yourself out there, you could find a job with a big bank. And most people who search actively do find jobs with GS, Morgan Stanley,etc. Does that sound right?</p>
<p>^^yes it does. Dont freak out about not having a bschool. Look at the most prestigious colleges and you will see they dont either. Congratulations on getting into Hopkins.</p>
<p>I know a few people from Hopkins in BoA ML IB who got recruited on campus a couple of years back. So it is not completely unheard of and pretty doable to enter IB from Hopkins.</p>