<p>This thread is so ridiculous I had to make an account to respond. Herrsque you pretty much ignored all of rhythm’s points and continued to reiterate your belief that students at CMC are better than students at Cal simply because of their school. I’d love for you to respond to these points, rather than glaze over all of the opposition’s valid arguments:</p>
<p>1) Haas places much better into investment banking than CMC does. Like he/she mentioned, there was not a single CMC student in rhythm’s training class at his BB, nor did any of his friends who worked for top BB’s and elite boutiques mention coming across any CMC students during the summer. There were, however, plenty of Haas students who secured internships with the top investment banks. You would think that there would at at least ONE student from CMC in rhythm’s class if it really is as much of a “target” as you claim. You would also think some of his friends would have come across more CMC students if it truly is that much more heavily recruited out of than Haas. However, this simply is not the case. Haas places far better onto Wall Street than CMC - period.</p>
<p>2) Your main argument about why Berkeley places better than CMC is because Berkeley is much bigger. However, pretty much everyone who goes into banking from Berkeley is from Haas. Haas admits around 350 students a year and is only a 2 year program, so the ENTIRE student body is only about 700. The majority of Haas students also are not interested in banking (plenty of management consulting, accounting, marketing, industry jobs, etc.) so you’re looking at a small fraction of that. CMC, on the other hand, admits around 650-700 students PER YEAR and its a 4 year program. Haas is MUCH SMALLER than CMC but places significantly better on Wall Street. Again, this is a fact.</p>
<p>3) I won’t say exactly which bank I work for, but I will say it is a BB that likes to think of itself as the world’s premier investment bank, as do many of our competitors. I just looked at the list of people in my training class, and there was not a single person from CMC. There were, however, quite a few people from Berkeley. I’ve met them and can vouch that they are extremely intelligent, ambitious, and highly qualified individuals who can cut it at CMC or any other school. There were also no students in my training class from your school herrsque, which brings me to my next point:</p>
<p>4) You are a sophomore economics major at Wesleyan University. You have not gone through the summer analyst or full-time recruiting cycles, let alone worked for an investment bank. You are therefore not nearly as qualified as someone like rhythm who has actually worked at a BB that you would wet your pants to work for. I am going to remember you when I come across your resume, especially because not a lot of people apply here from your university. We hate hiring people who are not team players, and you are clearly not someone that we would want to work with. Other people who work in investment banking may remember you as well when they come across a resume with that particular background. Even if one of us don’t read your resume and you somehow get an interview spot, this industry is very small. Word travels quickly. I’d imagine the army of Haas alumni on Wall Street will not be pleased, nor will any of your interviewers, if they happen to get a casual email from a coworker with snippets of what you’ve said here, and who you are…</p>
<p>6) The main argument here is whether Berkeley is more of a target school than CMC. The aforementioned points are sufficient to prove that Berkeley is definitely a target school, while CMC is not.</p>
<p>7) My BB has not been recruiting out of CMC, but has been recruiting out of Haas. This is the same situation with many other BB’s and top boutiques that my friends work at. </p>
<p>8) There is a list of companies that recruit out of CMC that looks pretty impressive, but many of the investment banks that go there are recruiting for NON-investment banking divisions (e.g. operations or wealth management).</p>
<p>RML and THEAjay89: Please keep things civil. I personally feel that CMC is a fantastic school, and Ajay I’m sure you can get into investment banking if that’s what you really want to do. My main point here is that Haas is much more heavily recruited by the investment banks than CMC is. Let’s not bash on each other and display the level of arrogance that herrsque has.</p>