<p>six or seven years ago chicago was considerably where you could get admitted pretty easily simply with a high SAT1 score and then get the education you wanted; now the difficulty seems to be more on par with Penn CAS. but barring that consideration, would a company like JP Morgan really prefer a student from a school with a really prestigious economics program?</p>
<p>I did come across something like this recently:
US Students applying to the Asia Pacific can drop their resumes in their school drop location:
Columbia
Harvard
MIT
NYU
U of Chicago
University of Pennsylvania</p>
<p>seems that given schools with strength in economics such as Princeton Yale or Northwestern aren't listed here it would be difficult to say whether the program itself matters more than the reputation in the employer's mind, but if schools like these have resume drop-off points then I guess they more likely to hire from these schools.</p>
<p>All those schools you’ve listed are heavily recruited. I’d say if you’re doing UPENN make sure its Wharton because I’d imagine CAS students have a tough time standing out (I was admitted to PENN CAS and deferred my admittance, and I’m at NYU and don’t think I’ll be going). </p>
<p>The real key is to pick the college you’ll be able to stand out the most via high GPA, extra activites, ect.</p>
<p>All those schools you’ve listed are heavily recruited. I’d say if you’re doing UPENN make sure its Wharton because I’d imagine CAS students have a tough time standing out (I was admitted to PENN CAS and deferred my admittance, and I’m at NYU and don’t think I’ll be going). </p>
<p>The real key is to pick the college you’ll be able to stand out the most via high GPA, extra activites, ect.</p>
<p>The top destination for recruitment by I-Banks is Cambridge, MA.</p>
<p>Here is the data from MIT that indicates all top I-Banks recruit undergraduates and salary range is pretty high. Get an equivalent report from Wharton, Columbia, Yale, Princeton, Stanford and Harvard before making a sensible decision. Don’t go by the hype. </p>
<p>^^ The MIT data is pretty unimpressive for IB. For MIT and Wharton’s class of 2010. MIT total undergrad is 4299 and Wharton total undergrad enrollment is 2431.</p>
<p>Goldman MIT 3 Wharton 28
JPMorgan MIT 4 Wharton 11
Credit Suisse MIT 3 Wharton 12
Barclays 3 Wharton 10
Morgan Stanley MIT 3 Wharton 11</p>
<p>cbreeze: The point is not how many got into the corresponding companies. Not everyone at MIT wants to go to Investment Banking but everyone at Wharton wants to. All the student who are interested at MIT in Investment Banking do go there and with better pay than the Wharton counterparts.</p>
<p>There are multiple jobs at the Investment Banks and MIT grad take the creame leaving others for Wharton graduate. </p>
<p>So if you have what it take to get into Investment Banking and get into MIT then join MIT as that will provide you the best jobs possible at top pay.</p>
<p>Yes, if you just want to get a job in an Investment Bank at $50K then do join Wharton but if you really want a high profile Investment Banking Career and get into MIT then join MIT. It will benefit you more.</p>
<p>Look at the data in context. Only 6% of undergraduate at MIT get a degree in Business which makes 258 students compare with Wharton total of 2431.</p>
<p>If you are planning for Investment Banking at least try to compare equivalent things.</p>
Not true at all. Wharton offers 21 different concentrations. If you ask MIT students, more than half wants to go to investment banking.</p>
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<p>Proof? I don’t think you know anything about IB. All BB banks pay the same, including sign on bonus.</p>
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Sorry, IB employs a lot of majors, engineering, English, Math etc.</p>
<p>FWIW, a lot of MIT graduates are employed by investment banks doing IT work, not front office IB. I know several MIT grads now employed at IB, not doing finance. </p>
<p>I know you have been touting your D’s schools. First , high school now college. Please stick to things you know.
My son , a Wharton grad was in IB for 3 years. Now working for hedge fund.</p>
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<p>Proofs? Please make yourself a little more credible.</p>
<p>Then in that case I can say more than half of the students at U Penn too wants to go to investment banking. Hence count the total stength of U. Penn when comparing total strength at MIT.</p>
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<p>Is that a joke?? You must be totally oblivious to the IB field. No two people doing the same work at the same company get paid the same. Imagining all IB banks pay the same is hilarious to say.</p>
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<p>Oh I see! but you just prior to that made this statement.
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<p>So IB banks imploy all majors from all colleges except MIT because MIT students can only work in IT.
This is a news to me and IB banks pay more to MIT students to do IT work at IB Banks than to Wharton students to do Investment Banking. Lucky MIT students.</p>
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<p>Oh now I see why you are bothered about Wharton not being the top undergraduate I-Banking school.</p>
<p>Still I speak facts which says the I-Banks pay more to MIT undergraduate student to do Investment Banking than Wharton undergraduate students. This shows that they value more MIT students than Wharton.</p>
<p>I am talking jobs that are listed in your data sheet. First year front office analysts. Starting pay is all the same within BB. Where are your facts? </p>
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<p>And where are these facts? And pray tell, what is your experience with IB?</p>
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<p>Unless you provide facts please don’t post to mislead other students.</p>
<p>Any job including the front office analysts. No two people doing any job get paid the same. It’s not in the nature of the captilist society.
So getting paid same across the IBanks is ridiculous.</p>
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<p>I’ve already put up the data. The MIT students pay range at IBanks is much better.</p>
<p>POIH…HOW many different threads do we REALLY need here with you selling MIT as a “go to” school for IB? I say one is more than enough. Two is definitely not necessary.</p>
<p>POIH, D1 got multiple offers, and so did many of her friends. I also have friends at almost every firm. You should really stick to what you know.</p>
<p>Ok, so If I need to tell aspiring I-Banking candidates about a really strong Investment Banking program I should go and start a thread in the parent section.</p>