<p>I know of the target schools for IB and it's pretty easy to identify non-targets but what are some semi-targets or lower tier targets?</p>
<p>Thanks </p>
<p>bump, i’d like to know the answer to this as well! :)</p>
<p>It’s a little hard to define what a “target” school really is. The obvious definition is a school in which investment banks pull students from. However, as you explore on-campus recruiting options, you have to keep in mind that some banks may be there to hire for back office roles. </p>
<p>There has also been an endless debate around semi-targets. To sum it up, it’s basically a straight prestige ranking. </p>
<p>This is how I see it:</p>
<p>Universities:
- [<em>]Tier 1 Targets = 1-5 USNWR
[</em>]Tier 2 Targets = 6-15 USNWR
[<em>]Tier 3 Targets = 16-30 USNWR
[</em>]Non Targets = >31 USNWR
1-15 are your actual “targets”, whereas 16-30 are your semi-targets.</p>
<p>Liberal Arts Colleges:
[ul]
[<em>]Tier 1 Targets = Williams/Amherst
[</em>]Tier 2 Targets = 1-10 USNWR minus W/A
[li]Non Targets = >10 USNWR[/li][/ul]
1-10 are your actual “targets”. You can’t really say that there is such a thing as a semi-target LAC since the finance interest is already so small.</p>
<p>Keep in mind that this is a generalization. There are of course exceptions for business schools such as Wharton/Ross/Haas etc. You also have to take location into account. USC, for example, is arguably a bigger target than Vanderbilt because of less competition among firms in SF/LA.</p>
<p>If you want more specific rankings, Wall Street Oasis is your friend.</p>
<p>Carotid has no idea what he’s talking about – in fact, I’m reasonably sure he isn’t even in college yet – and there’s no such thing as tier 1/2/3/etc. It’s either a bank recruits at your school or it doesn’t. Furthermore, banks don’t care at all about USNews rankings. For example, Cal Tech, Johns Hopkins, WashU, and UChicago are all phenomenal schools, and yet they have a pretty limited presence on Wall Street (ignoring Booth’s phenomenal placement as an MBA program). </p>
<p>Michigan, Berkeley, UVA, UNC, IU and several other schools would be a much better place to be. In terms of LACs, it’s basically Williams, Amherst, Wellesley. The other schools likely only get regional recruitment, or have resume drops but not on-campus recruitment.</p>
<p>…My point exactly.</p>
<p>Even when admitting that I’m making an insane generalization, throwing out specifics about target schools still starts a fire. </p>
<p>Not once did I say that banks use USNWR rankings. Not once did I say there’s a holy list out there that places each school in tiers based on something as silly as rankings.</p>
<p>OP asked a very broad question so I gave him a very broad answer. He also probably has very limited knowledge about the area given that he’s asking this question on CC. The specifics behind which schools are the best for IBD recruiting has been discussed extensively on various sites (including this one).</p>
<p>My post above is more than enough for OP to understand that if he sees himself pursuing a career in IB, he just needs to get into the best school he possibly can. End of story.</p>
<p>Replace “specifics” with “information” in second sentence above. Sort of contradicted myself.</p>