Thank you. I will delete.
In case thereâs any question whether NESCAC/slac grads can make it on Wall St âŠ
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The final line⊠âEven if you know that youâre going to be an investment banker after graduation, like I remember Waldron being,â mused one member of the class of 1991 who is now also an investment banker, '[Middlebury] is a place you go to spend four years pretending that youâre going to do something else, and thatâs a very good thing.â
âŠdiscuss!
This seems to be a confusing description for a COO. It appears more suited to that for a CEO.
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I never though I would read the term âMiddlebury MafiaââŠ
Of the kids we knew about at my Dâs NESCAC, Wes, those who ended up on Wall Street didnât seem like they were trying to hide it. I asked her about it tonight when I read this and she agreed. The Wall Street bros and bras were somewhat identifiable and unapologetic at Wes.
That might be more true of the consulting crowd.
My sense is that at Middlebury, the bros and bras are the dominant culture, so thereâs no reason for them to brandish it; and perhaps thereâs more room for individuation. At Wes, thereâs a more or less friendly competition between the helmet sport/Econ/Wall Street/Consulting kids and the showrunner/Theater/Film/ kids. Fun Fact: Even Bill Belichick started out as an Econ major.
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This student is right. We probably donât discuss enough about Conn:
A Studentâs Perspective on Connecticut College - Colleges and Universities A-Z / Connecticut College - College Confidential Forums
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Even better, the dreaded Williams art mafia. âLeave the Caravaggio, take the gun.â
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I wouldnât say the bros and bras are the dominant culture at Middlebury.
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Iâll kick it offâŠ
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Middlebury: a âfinishing schoolâ for future investment bankers!
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Middlebury: cosplay in the liberal art for four years!
Bonus points for anyone working Matt Taibbiâs famous phrase about Goldman Sachs into the proceedings: âThe worldâs most powerful investment bank is a great vampire squid wrapped around the face of humanity, relentlessly jamming its blood funnel into anything that smells like money.â
And Iâll end it. This thread, and this site, is not the place to review tropes that are negative stereotypes.
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I was thinking something more along the lines of:
Middlebury*: where you can spend four years exploring the liberals arts, taking classes in comparative literature, international politics, and Russian history and still end up helming one of the worldâs most prestigious banks. A place where a well-rounded education prepares you for whateverâs to come.
*Replace Middlebury with any other NESCAC school
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Thatâs definitely the positive spin!
The phase âpretending that youâre going to do something elseâ stuck with me as giving away the game though. Seems like business as usual for the IB feeder schoolsâthe already well-connected know they are set up later. At least they will have read some interesting books to perhaps liven up discussions at cocktail parties at Davos?
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At Midd, economics majors make up some 12%-15% of the student population and other graduates. the way that people are writing, youâd think that it was Wharton or something.
Middlebury, proportionally, has the same number of Econ majors as Williams.
Your sense would be wrong. The only âdominantâ cultures are being outdoorsy and a very progressive political outlook. Even the vaunted preppiness of Middlebury has taken a downturn. Granola rules supreme, even among the wealthy - most of the cars in the student parking lots are Subarus, not BMWs, so even the wealthiest students are being crunchy.
I see what youâre saying.
If anyone is looking at the 3 Maine schools, Colby, Bates, Bowdoin, I noticed recently that they are promoting cross-registration more this year. Bates and Bowdoin are about 20 miles apart, and Colby is a bit further, but many students have cars so this seems like a nice option. See https://www.bowdoin.edu/registrar/pdf/cbb-cross-registration.pdf
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