<p>No. But you can look up the grade distribution is just about every class on thecourseforum.com</p>
<p>Big,</p>
<p>I'm not accusing you of lying, I just don't find the whole "intellectually stimulating" argument very convincing. Also, I give my sister all the credit in the world--she'd be doing great no matter where she went/what she decided to pursue. But I do know she wouldn't have gotten the job her first year out of UVa she got unless she went to McIntire or a select few other universities--she will quickly admit this herself.</p>
<p>lol, I don't think a vocational degree in many professions would be intellectually stimulating in the least.</p>
<p>Any comments on the professors at the Comm school or the ones teaching the pre-req classes? Are they intresting, motivated and so on? Any classes you truly enjoyed and ones you hated?</p>
<p>I'm a 3rd year enrolled in McIntire doing banking this summer. </p>
<p>The grading system at McIntire is highly compressed: B- is the bottom of the barrel in ICE while very, very few kids get solid A's. Part of this is due to the emphasis on group work which has a tight grading range and comprises such a large percentage of everyone's grade. On some large projects the worst grades dealt out were in the vicinity of 87 while the top was 94 at most.</p>
<p>Getting a job in investment banking isn't easy regardless of where you go to school or the grades you get. Being above average academically at McIntire won't do it for you. Many of the internships I applied to selected 200 resumes, gave 30 interviews and then 1-3 offers. The importance of personality overshadows grades (even though you need to be 3.5+) for any bank. </p>
<p>Cavalier is right - you can get into banking with any major. However, it may be more difficult for you to demonstrate your interest in finance on your resume if you are say, an English Literature major. If you aren't in Econ or Finance expect an unfair number of technical/quantitative questions.</p>
<p>Cav is also right about the exit opportunities into grad schools. Grad schools care more about their GREs and GPA applicant averages than they do about majors. </p>
<p>As for the curriculum at McIntire - it's intense, fast-paced and extremely up to date. Strategy and Systems, Marketing, Observational Behavior are all fantastic. My only complaint is the school's new unit on globalization, which is soft. With a small number of exceptions the teachers are world class. My communication teacher is a published fiction/non-fiction author who also worked as a consultant, my new globalization is a former investment banker and my finance teacher this semester instructed MBA students at NYU before being recruited by McIntire. This is all very typical.</p>