Investment Banking after Tufts? (Need Help!!)

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<p>Hey guys,</p>

<p>I want to go into Investment Banking once I graduate from college. I have been accepted into Tufts University, my dream school. If I go to Tufts, I will be doing a double major in Economics and International Relations. </p>

<p>However, recently, I have a little worried that if I graduate from a non-business school with an Economics degree, I would not be able to get a job in Investment Banking. Could you guys give me some advice?</p>

<p>P.S. I have been accepted into Business schools as well such as Babson, Bentley Uni and McGill in Canada. I still prefer Tufts though.</p>

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<p>My IB analyst class was comprised of 2/3 from non-business schools. Your bigger concern is how many firms will be interviewing on campus at Tufts and how many alums in the industry you can otherwise connect to. Either way, you’re going to have a better chance breaking into IB coming from Tufts than Babson, Bentley, McGill.</p>

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<p>The CEO from JP Morgan is an Tufts Alum. There are former students from Tufts who are in investment banking but not a whole lot. How is Tufts reputation within Investment Banks? Will you consider it a tagert or a semi target school? I have been reading, investment banks do come to Tufts for recruiting, not as much as Wharton or Havard, but they do come.</p>

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<p>S. is at Tufts studying quantitative economics. He had a summer job with a hedge fund last summer and is going to work with them again this summer. The head manager of the fund is a Tufts graduate. He found them through alum contacts.</p>

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<p>McGill doesn’t place well in NY. It places well in Canada and Europe (think RBC, DB, Credit Suisse, etc.) </p>

<p>Babson and Bentley aren’t very good choices for i banking. </p>

<p>Tufts is your best bet for NY, but it’s not great. You’d have to study quant. econ and get a really high GPA and network. </p>

<p>I happen to be familiar with all 4 schools.</p>

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<p>What about Middlebury, is it better?</p>

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<p>my advise is not to do investment banking lol.</p>

<p>but you will definitely be fine coming out with a tufts degree</p>

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<p>McGill has a business school? I didn’t even know that and I’m Canadian. B-schools aren’t required to get into IB, although they do help somewhat. Many, if not most, bankers at the analyst level aren’t from b-schools but rather top liberal arts universities like Harvard, Princeton, etc although Wharton does get disproportionate representation for one school.</p>