investment banks care about transcript, really?

<p>PM one of us then, because it does ultimately. Being at a top 25 does not mean you get BB recruitment, it completely depends on the school.</p>

<p>Why would you be so private about a Top 25 institution? There is absolutely nothing to be ashamed about…so I’m not sure why you are withholding the information</p>

<p>UVA. </p>

<p>BTW I wasn’t ashamed I was just a little uncomfortable about posting this info on a public forum.</p>

<p>You will have a tougher time, its not a target at most banks. A 3.5 might not cut it, and it could be trouble if they do look at your transcript.</p>

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<p>Can you name one that does not look at transcript? I’m guessing you’ve never done any hiring for a bank.</p>

<p>OP, unfortunately every bank I know of will look. Maybe not before the first interview, but before you get an offer. Having lots of classes at a community college is going to mean you would need to be extraordinary in some way to get interest. And a 3.5 from UVA if all the classes were taken there would not have stood out. Even back when we couldn’t get enough bodies in the door it would have been tough, but now we have top students from major targets will high GPAs and tough classes who can’t get jobs and it will be some time before they all get absorbed.</p>

<p>Yeah I was mainly concerned about how my transcript would be viewed by banks and other fortune 500 companies. I also wouldn’t mind working in the accounting/finance back office area.</p>

<p>If I remember correctly, UBS, JPM & ML did not. There may have been others but I can’t recall specifically which ones. I know for sure some do, but others don’t require you to submit your transcript until after the recruitment process.</p>

<p>One more quick question- how do back office (finance or accounting) positions at a BB compare with similar jobs at a fortune 500 company, in terms of salary? </p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

<p>@ crevs - jpm definitely checked and pretty thoroughly reviewed transcripts for me before even giving interviews. ubs required me to bring transcript to final round. ml asked for it on the online app but im not sure if they ever even looked at online since i went entirely through on campus recruiting</p>

<p>Definitely could be wrong about JPM, UBS didn’t require to get a first round interview tho I believe… I’m honestly not positive which firms it was, I just know a few of them did not require it, but you could submit it as supplementary documentation on the application / resume drop.</p>

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<p>You made it sound like it was a personal experience. But</p>

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<p>You got caught.</p>

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<p>You would have remembered if you had personal experience.</p>

<p>LOL. Go ahead, think what you want, I’ve interviewed with every firm on WS… I assure you that I am not lying or stretching the truth… not to mention someone else agreed with me from their experiences. To be honest, you sound pretty silly… I apologize if I do not remember which firms specifically requested my transcript??? Really? “I’d remember if I had experience”? Dude that was December/January… No I don’t remember which firms… but I am certain there were a few that did not request it outright.</p>

<p>The reason I mentioned those is because they absolutely did not through the Career Center (I checked), though its possible a few requested it through the online one. Those are the only firms that still had a record in the CC… everything else didn’t have an audit.</p>

<p>Perhaps there is a difference between S&T and IBD also, but I thought from that standpoint the requested docs were the same.</p>

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<p>Really?! Not even the top students from Wharton interview with every firm on WS.</p>

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<p>not true. also, the very top students just dont interview every firm because it would be a waste of time one they have better offers.</p>

<p>and i misspoke earlier. jpm checked transcripts after giving about interviews but before the actual interview. i dont think moelis ever checked my transcript, but besides that all did as far as i can remember.</p>

<p>c-revs sounds like he’s slightly exaggerating, but who cares? its easy to forget stupid details like transcript checks, though you probably shouldnt be posting if you dont actually remember.</p>

<p>I swear I remember some big banks not requiring transcripts… I could be misremembering. I’ll look into it more closely.</p>

<p>I’m not bragging dude, you tried to call me out and I’m telling you the truth. I declined interviews with BOAML, RBC, BNP and RBS after I got offered at one of the top banks. I def didn’t go to every final rd but I did get at least first round with every firm, and I applied to them all. When you are at a target, have a 3.9 GPA w math, economics and finance, good ecs and prior banking experience its not hard to get interviews. Also I am not unique in that regard, I know others who had the opp to interview with every firm.</p>

<p>birdman you just confimed what I said about the top Wharton students not interviewing at every firm.

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<p>C-Revs–stick to what you know please. Georgetown may be a target, but it’s a low target with relatively low representation on the street.</p>

<p>Just to show the importance of transcript in finance, my S worked in IB for over 3 years, left as an associate to work in PE. The PE shop asked for his transcript, but after extending an offer.</p>

<p>He recently hired an assistant and her transcript was in her folder the HR prepared. She is a recent Wharton grad, with a 3.95 GPA.</p>

<p>For having children you sound more like a 5 year old than anything else. I’m expecting your next response to be “But your parents never loved you!”</p>

<p>Anyway, back to your points. To be honest you should probably stick to what you know…</p>

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<li><p>Georgetown is not a low target. At a few of the top firms its the #2 recruited school behind Wharton. There is one or two we don’t have as much representation, but that’s the exception rather than the rule.</p></li>
<li><p>Why would that matter anyway?? I got every interview and opportunity I ever wanted, would it make me know any less about the recruiting process? This was obviously just an attempt at a personal attack, and it was poorly done at best.</p></li>
<li><p>I didn’t say I interviewed with every firm, but I did get an interview. I canceled some of the other banks once I got a few offers after they had let me know I got an interview. I realized that I was no longer interested in the firm and why should I take up a spot from someone who was?</p></li>
<li><p>I don’t know what you are trying to prove by your little story. If anything I’m taking away the fact that they didn’t ask for your son’s transcript until after he was hired. My point was that a few firms did not require it to get an interview, not ever. Of course they’d check to see if he was for real.</p></li>
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<p>You are absolutely right I misspoke. I received interviews from every firm, and did interview with pretty much all of the major firms (GS, CS, JPM, MS, DB, C,BARC) and turned down the interviews for RBC, RBS, UBS, BNP, etc once I found out about offers from the aforementioned firms. Either way it doesn’t matter, I still went through the application process for all of them. So yes I misspoke but if I’m not mistaken I clarified shortly after that I didn’t end up interviewing with the other big banks after I got offers… I think I was pretty specific too.</p>