<p>JA12…it’s hard to believe that you’re a Princeton and Stanford alum who’s making all these big shot deals and going to fancy social events all the time, and yet you still have a need and the time to come to this forum and rack up 2k+ posts in a few months while arguiing with mostly high school/college students about which college is more prestigious.</p>
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<p>as someone starting on wall street, random question: how long does it take to get worn out of investment banking? or do you think it’s doable to stay in the business for 5/10+ years. Thanks for the perspective JA.</p>
<p>confidentialcoll, I have friends that have been in the business 20-30 years and are still loving it. The ones that have left the business is because they might have found something more to their liking, like private equity, hedge funds, venture capital or a high position in an operating company.</p>
<p>good question</p>
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Well, who can argue with that logic?:rolleyes:</p>
<p>Arizona State is exponentially larger than Dartmouth but the latter has an exponentially stronger alumni network on Wall Street than the former.</p>
<p>The stereotype is that Caltech doesn’t have the well-rounded kids with good people skills that schools like Dartmouth, Duke, Notre Dame, etc. do and the big banks want analysts who can “talk the talk” as well as “walk the walk”.</p>
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Oh gee, I guess every other ranking system and opinion of educated scholars which suggest that Duke belongs in the same league as Chicago, Penn, Brown, etc. are completely off-base. Hey, why listen to them when I can bow down in reverence to the opinions of someone like yourself who hasn’t even collected a high school GED yet?:rolleyes:</p>
<p>The trouble is that people are living their lives thinking that they themselves are “second rate” just because their UGs are perceived by others as “second rate” relative to HYP.</p>
<p>Caltech is rare in IB because Caltech people dont go into IB- period. There are more meaningful jobs than IB</p>
<p>Hey guess what? This thread ONLY ASKS if the gap as big as some of the pretentious people on CC make it out to be.</p>
<p>Answer: It’s not. </p>
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It depends on what you are doing, your clients and the markets. If you are getting into trading – anything from stocks, bonds, options, commodity futures or swaps etc, I would say that the time period would be shorter than 5/10 years. But, learn how to trade is invaluable experience, and you will gain a skill that lasts for life time.</p>
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<p>Who are these people? If you’re referring to high school seniors, then they get over it by their 2nd week in college once they realize what an amazing place they’re attending.</p>
<p>Pizzagirl made the most sense in this thread. In real life nobody judges you by your alma mater. Many of the people who talk about “getting wow reactions” are high school seniors who have informed people of their college choice and are getting congrats. Your friends/family are proud of you or want to share your happiness - ordinary people you meet in the street won’t go “wow yale, let me bow down to you!”</p>
<p>^^ Well said! But CC is the place where prestige hoes and ignorant HS seniors gather, hence such argument is unavoidable.</p>
<p>I wonder if JohnAdams12 is a potential high school prestige sucker :eek:</p>
<p>This is possibly one of the most ridiculous threads i have read on CC. I don’t see much discussion, but rather ad-hominem attacks and idiotic comparisons with no base for reference.</p>
<p>John117, I see that you are going to attend CalTech. A truly great institution. With those fabulous grades and board scores of 5.0 and 2390, I would imagine that Stanford and MIT would also be good schools to attend. Did you ever consider Stanford and MIT?</p>
<p>pizzagirl, sorry but in the M&A business, a client usually finds out what your educational background is BEFORE you get hired on the transaction.</p>
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<p>Says the pre-frosh going into Yale.</p>
<p>^^^^ha!..</p>
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<p>Yeaeeaah…kinda got rejected from them both…</p>
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