I’m currently deciding between a top business program in my home country (im an intl student) and Wesleyan. if i want to have an i-banking career in the future, would studying in a LAC hinder or improve my career? do big investment firms recruit people from top LACs on campus? how competitive is wesleyan’s econ program and how’s wes’ ability of sending students to top business schools like wharton, stanford, etc?
thanks in advance.
<p>anybody? btw i-banks are investment banks</p>
<p>most LACs have good gradschool feeder scores; williams is ranked up there right under princeton, but i dont think wesleyan makes it to top 20.... i think the top 4 LACs make it really high on the gradschool feeder rating; like how many gets into super prestigous grad schools, but wesleyan still has a shot.</p>
<p>OK, First, i have to comment on graduate business schools like Wharton, Stanford etc....... in order to attend a TOP business graduate school to get a MBA, you have to have an average of 60 months of work experiences. most harvard/wharton MBA students are in their late 20s. it's not like rigth after u graduate from Wesleyan, u can go to Wharton. u HAVE to find a job and work for like 5 years. top MBA programs seek for experienced folks. so, ur undergrad school really doesnt have anything to do w/ if u can get in Wharton. what's important is what job u hold while u apply for Wharton MBA and what accomplishments u've done by that time.</p>
<p>what's ur HOME country university ?? coz if it's Beijing university or some top asian college, it's not worth coming. but i think if u get good grades in LAC, u can do iBanking just like people from U Chicago, Michigan.......</p>
<p>Wesleyan does surprisingly well considering its progressive image. At #27 it ranks higher than Caltech, Michigan, Notre Dame, Emory, Berkeley, Tufts, WUSTL, UVA and Washington and Lee.</p>
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n order to attend a TOP business graduate school to get a MBA, you have to have an average of 60 months of work experiences.
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in the past yes, not anymore. most business graduate schools (wharton, harvard, columbia, nyu) are tending to accept more right out of undergrad now. in the past they wanted applicants to have 2 years of work experience. today, majority of those admitted just graduated</p>
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in the past yes, not anymore. most business graduate schools (wharton, harvard, columbia, nyu) are tending to accept more right out of undergrad now. in the past they wanted applicants to have 2 years of work experience. today, majority of those admitted just graduated
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<p>Actually, it's the exact OPPOSITE. In the past business schools tended to accept a lot of people straight out of undergrad, but now it is nearly impossible to get into a good MBA program out of undergrad. Wharton only accepts 3-4 people each year out of undergraduate schools. You have to have at LEAST 2 years of work experience to be competitive, but it is recommended to have around 4 or so. Just don't count on getting into a top MBA program out of undergrad.</p>
<p>then will goin to a LAC instead of an university make any difference?</p>
<p>shrek2004, u dont even know that?</p>
<p>middtownkid, which college will u be going to if u dont go to LAC?</p>
<p>hong kong university of science and technology, they have the best business program (and no.1 MBA) in the asia-pacific area, or chinese university of hong kong</p>
<p>middtownkid, HKU and LAC will pretty much give u the same chance</p>
<p>BTW, by going to a US college, ur English will be better and u will be assimilated into American culture more easily.</p>
<p>up 2 u</p>