<p>I know williams and amherst are well regarded for NY but what about William and Mary or Claremont. I am interested in double majoring in economics and the classics, so if anyone knows how these school rank in those two areas I would be very much interested. How would the Mason School of Business(finance program) at W&M compare with the economic depts the other schools?</p>
<p>WM is not a target school. Compared to other schools, WM produces customer service representatives at investment banks after 4 yrs of finance. jk. In all seriousness, it doesnt produce too many ib analysts.</p>
<p>A good way to find out is go on each school’s career online site to see job postings. If you can’t get access then call up their career center and ask them which firms recruit there and and how many students get hired each year. Most target schools have very strict recruiting procedure and schedule, people at the career center should be able to explain it to you. If they are clueless then IBs do not recruit at those schools. IBs rarely look at resumes applied online(outside of target schools) unless it’s a referral.</p>
<p>Thanks for the advise, any particular schools that i should narrow in on? How does Claremont Mckenna do as opposed to Williams and Amherst or Middleburry?</p>
<p>Claremont McKenna is very good for banking in general. I currently have friends interviewing for internships with Goldman, Lazard, Credit Suisse, Citi, UBS, BAML, Barclay’s, among others. Also, this year’s graduating class has some full time offers at Lazard, UBS, DB, and some others that I can’t remember off hand. </p>
<p>I really don’t know about Amherst/Midd/Williams for banking, but I imagine they also do very well.</p>
<p>I transferred from W&M to CMC and I can tell you that you should probably avoid WM if you want to do IB. Though some end up in IB analyst positions (I know 1 at DB right now), the majority seem to go into wealth management.</p>
<p>i’ve run into a few CMC people between superdays at my sa class at a bb this past summer, but amherst and williams are definitely the best among the LACs. </p>
<p>One CMC student spoke to at a top bank’s superday dinner seemed reasonably happy with the recruiting situation there. Apparently, there’s next to no on-campus presence (or if banks do post, 1st rounds are usually phone), but quite a few alums at good banks who pull hard for students there.</p>
<p>what about the swarthmore and haverford, apparently they have an excellent classics program, but how does its economics and its connections to wall street compare or would CMC be better overall?</p>