<p>Hello, </p>
<p>I am curious to know what universities and colleges are considered "target schools", and how much your major/amount of math matters at them.</p>
<p>I also have a related question. Suppose you have a certain major offered in 2 schools. One school is a target school, however the other school is a non-target school.</p>
<p>But that major is ranked higher in that non-target school than the target school nearly everywhere. </p>
<p>So which school do you go to? Do you still go to the target school because of it’s “name”? Or do you go to the school that you know will teach you the major more and essentially make you smarter at your major?</p>
<p>Let’s assume it’s a non-business major and you are trying to get into IB.</p>
<p>ssk – target</p>
<p>This topic has been discussed numerous times. Just do a search.</p>
<p>If you want to figure out target schools, just go to X firm’s website, click Careers–>Campus Recruitment, and find a list of colleges they present at.</p>
<p>A firm’s website is a good place to start, but most of those are not target schools. Targets are those that consistently send a high number of students to BB and have on campus interviews.</p>
<p>Off the top of my head, these would be:
Harvard, Wharton
Princeton, Yale, Stanford (based on reputation, though I haven’t seen too many people on Wall St from Stanford), MIT Sloan
Columbia, Dartmouth
(other Ivies, top 20 schools, and top business programs such as Chicago, Stern, Haas, UVA)</p>
<p>Just my personal opinion and based on what I’ve seen from SA classes</p>
<p>ssk: ALWAYS go to the target. At a non-target, you have to work extra hard (lots of networking) just to get a first round interview</p>
<p>^As far as I knew, UChicago doesn’t have UG business. There are a bunch from some of the top LACs that end up in IB analyst classes as well. In my experience, Williams, Amherst, Bowdoin, Colgate, Middlebury, Hamilton, Colby would consistently place people each year too.</p>
<p>uchicago was an example of a “top 20,” you’re right they don’t have UG business</p>
<p>they have an economics major though</p>
<p>kelley school of business at IU is also an excellent school for undergrad placement
“From 2004 to 2008, Kelley placed 277 students with investment banking firms”</p>
<p>Is UCLA or Berkeley a “target” school?</p>
<p>Haas might be a low target for BB, but most people will have to network their way into ibanking</p>
<p>haas is a pretty strong target for some of the west coast offices, though those offices have very, very few spots</p>
<p>for ny, awped is right, you’re really going to have to network your way in</p>
<p>ucla isnt a target</p>
<p>is Cornell good enough to go into IB?</p>
<p>Of course Cornell is “good enough” for IB</p>
<p>you don’t need to go to business school to do IB. i see this misconception everywhereee. high profile target schools are what you’d probably expect: </p>
<p>harvard, stanford, wharton, princeton, yale, duke, columbia, datmouth (to name the biggies)</p>