Please rank following schools for a prospective I-Banker

<li>NYU Stern</li>
<li>Dartmouth Econ</li>
<li>Northwestern Econ</li>
<li>UC-Berkeley Haas</li>
<li>UMich Ross</li>
<li>Cornell AEM</li>
<li>Duke Econ</li>
<li>UCLA Econ</li>
<li>CMU Tepper</li>
<li>WashU Olin</li>
<li>Emory Goizueta</li>
</ol>

<p>This is my version of ranking in terms of the pure number of recruitments to BB I-Banking firms in each school. Am I roughly correct?</p>

<p>Also, if I were to consider aspects like overall competitivness of the schools, (i.e. huge portion of Stern students wanting to get into I-Banking as opposed to only a handful wants an I-Banking job at Dartmouth) would the rankings change?</p>

<p>NYU Stern is my top choice right now, and I was wondering if other schools have edge over Stern or vice versa.</p>

<p>It’d be great to hear about this from you guys, any inputs will be greatly appreciated.</p>

<p>ross would be number 2 in my opinion.</p>

<p>Where is Wharton? and Princeton Econ?</p>

<p>wharton + princeton + harvard?</p>

<p>The list consists of schools that I have applied / thinking of applying to. I know that Wharton and HYPS tops in pretty much everything, but for the purpose of this thread just look at those schools listed.</p>

<p>any more thoughts..?</p>

<p>It is a total, total waste of an education to focus on becoming an investment banker. </p>

<p>You are 17 or 18 years and your ambition, your dream in life, is to become an investment banker????</p>

<p>Yikes.</p>

<p>why do you think like that BalletGirl? I know that an I-Banking is an extremely distressing job, but I have always wanting to become some sort of a fund manager. And to keep this thread from going off-topic, please keep throwing your thoughts guys.</p>

<p>ok, ok, great clarification. Look for schools with great finance programs.</p>

<p>Definitely, definitely look at Wharton and I also hear Cal-Berkeley is great. My brother (14) wants to be a money manager. He's a math whiz and he tells me those are his top schools. Talk about needing to get a life (14)! ;)</p>

<p>Also look at MIT Sloan undergrad.</p>

<p>Dartmouth Econ places better than NYU Stern</p>

<p>The top programs in your list are roughly in this order for BB recruitment:</p>

<ol>
<li>Dartmouth/Duke (other than HPWharton- Dartmouth, Yale, Columbia, Duke place the most)</li>
<li>NYU Stern (due to location and business undergrad)</li>
<li>UMich Ross/Berkeley Haas (although it should be noted that only UMich has a preadmit Ross program whereas Berkeley you have to run the gambit and apply sophmore year)</li>
</ol>

<p>Northwestern and Cornell are also target schools... but the competition is extremely intense for those very limited few jobs. </p>

<p>Checkout WallStreetOasis.com</a> | ...where monkeys come to play for a list of Summer Analyst hires in terms of sheer numbers from each undergrad institution at BB firms.</p>

<p>I would add Georgetown as well...2nd most represented undergrad program for Goldman and Lehman analysts.</p>

<p>If you don't want to go to Wharton, then Penn's SAS econ degree is still an excellent option, and gives you access to the same classes as wharton kids so you can take finance etc if you choose</p>

<p>Realize Cal Berkeley's Haas School of Business only accepts students at the junior level. You have to apply to Berkeley as "Undecided - Pre-Business" as a freshman. Be sure to check out the prerequisites for Haas on the website. It's very competitive for admission. Also, the application deadline for UCs has passed for Fall 2008 admission.</p>

<p>truzan, would you care to tell me the exact link for the list you mentioned? I tried to find the list but couldn't..</p>

<p>and also.. is tdolson88 said roughly true then..?</p>

<p>trueasian -</p>

<p>Lol, I don't know where you get your information from, but I know MDs from BB firms and I can assure you that Northwestern has more representation on the street than both Dartmouth and Duke.</p>

<p>Its not on your list but a not so sleepy sleeper would be Fordham. There are a LOT of Fordham grads on Wallstreet....including some CEO's of WallStreet firms. Fordham is highly respected on the street and its alumnae association is vigorous and they look out for each other. Plus its an awesome school with SUPERB opportunities for summer jobs etc.</p>

<p>If you're looking at Northwestern, consider applying to the Mathematical Methods in the Social Sciences program (MMSS).</p>

<p>I don't believe what tdolson said is true.</p>

<p>Don't forget Chicago has a lot of opportunities too and a lot of Northwestern grads stay around there instead of going to NYC.</p>

<p>Yes, don't forgoet MMSS; it's placement is really good. Try to get into one of the two Kellogg certificate programs; one of them just started this fall and another started next fall. Based on the pre-requisites, this is probably the most rigorous undergrad program in the country. According to an article on their website, they already got a lot of interest from many firms.</p>

<p>does anyone know where I can find the information on the actual numbers of Summer Analyst positions at BB firms recruited from each school or some sort of data sheet similar to it?</p>