<p>I'm a HS Junior and after much thought I believe I will major in economics instead of finance. Is majoring in economics and going to a top 30 LAC going to get you the same amount of recruiting prospects for investment banking compared to going to a top 50 national university with a respected economics program. I know that the Ivies are some of the best for economics along with University of Chicago and countless others but I don't have the credentials for schools currently ranked in the top 15 (1350 SATS,8th out 260, 3.7 UW GPA) but I want a good Northeast school that is small like a liberal arts school but I am definitley willing to sacrifice these needs in order to go a national university with better IB recruiting.</p>
<p>For example, Im currently looking at BU, BC, UofR, Lehigh, and CMU but I would probably add in some liberal arts if they have comparable recruiting for investment banking. </p>
<p>anyone else? LAC's like Middlebury, Colgate, and Washington and Lee all seem like potential reach schools to investigate but would anyone have any idea what the prospects of landing a job with a top investment firm would be coming out of one of these schools?</p>
<p>Your stats really do not put schools like Chicago, Northwestern, Middlebury, Colgate, UVa, UMich, etc...out of reach. You can always pull up your SAT to the 1400s (I'm assuming that you're talking on the 1600 scale), but aside from that, top 4% and 3.7 UW is very good (if you're taking a few APs).</p>
<p>Since I can't edit my post, you should know that Middlebury is very heavily recruited by i-banks. You're better off there than at Rochester, Lehigh or BU.</p>
<p>thanks for the reply jpps, im definitley going to consider washington and lee and middlebury as potential reaches when researching colleges. I also have the same question as rgs321 though if anyone knows thad be great...</p>