<p>Hey everyone. I am trying to get some unbiased and outside insight as I choose between my last two college choices. I was accepted into Indiana University, but did not receive direct admission into Kelley. I was also accepted into Miami University, and did receive direct admission into the Farmers School, as well as the Honors programs there too. I will be majoring in finance, and eventually would like to make a career for myself on Wall Street. I strongly believe it will not be a problem for me to get the grades my freshman year to be admitted to Kelley my sophomore year, but college is a different beast from high school and that may pose problems I have not faced. Do you guys think having the direct Farmers and Honors admission will outweight the slightly lower ranking and prestige that Kelley has? I am attempting to make an unbiased list of the pros and cons of each school and any insight received will be much appreciated!</p>
<p>Congratulations on your acceptance to both! You already know Kelley’s reputation and you google how well they do on Wall St. (hint very well). If you got to IU you will get into Kelley I really doubt you won’t. What you may wish to think about is what school is right for you, like environment, expectations, social scene, money, etc. Visit both and then make a very well informed decision. Honestly you’ll go as far in life as you can regardless of your degree.</p>
<p>If your statistics are close to the direct admit minimums, then you should consider petitioning to Kelley for direct admit. A lot of students get in by petition, and you don’t lose anything by trying. If you are successful, you won’t have to worry about getting in through regular admission, which can be very stressful.</p>
<p>Information on petitioning is here:</p>
<p>[Future</a> Freshmen: Undergraduate Program : Kelley School of Business: Indiana University](<a href=“Undergraduate | Bachelor's Degree in Business | Indiana Kelley”>Undergraduate | Bachelor's Degree in Business | Indiana Kelley)</p>
<p>My understnading for Kelley students getting into Wall Street firms is that he/she needs to be in the IB Workshop or have family connections. The issue for the IB Workshop is that it is difficult to get in. I am not sure about how many students can get into Wall Street firms w/o these attributes. </p>
<p>Post #23 in the following link ranked Kelley as Tier-4 (equivalent to Cornell, NYU, …). I believe that it is mainly due to the IB Workshop. I would be glad if someone can show me, with proof, that it is not the case.</p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/investment-banking/1364990-2012-ib-school-rankings-2.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/investment-banking/1364990-2012-ib-school-rankings-2.html</a></p>
<p>I am not sure about Farmers.</p>
<p>This thread shows lots of Kelley four-year undergrads from May 2012 that made it to Wall Street and investment banks in Chicago and other U.S. cities based on their Linkedin profiles. You can find many more from the same graduating class that got internships on Wall Street through google searches that are not included on this list. Just getting the internships is huge, as getting internships there sets you up for the possible full time position. There may be more who made it, as this list is just based on updated Linkedin entries. List also does not have grads in investment banking overseas, and there are some of those, too.</p>
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