Top College Representation at My I-Bank

College Search & Selection
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<p>Here is where members of the analyst class of 2005 at my bank went to school:</p>

<p>Penn- 11
Yale-7
Duke- 6
Columbia- 5
Georgetown- 5
NYU Stern- 5
BC- 5
Dartmouth- 4
UVA, Cornell, Texas, Michigan, Notre Dame, Babson etc- 3 or so each
Chicago, Cornell, Brown, Princeton, Harvard- 2 each</p>

<p>I would say this is typical except that at a lot of banks you will see more Harvard and Princeton at the expense of Duke, Columbia, and schools like BC, Babson, etc.</p>

<p>One thing to note is that MIT recruiting on Wall Street is relatively weak compared to how well its economics and business programs are ranked. Another thing to note is that Dartmouth is always strong.</p>

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<p>Why BC, that's a surprise?</p>

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<p>where's it located?</p>

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<p>no northwesterners?</p>

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One thing to note is that MIT recruiting on Wall Street is relatively weak compared to how well its economics and business programs are ranked.

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<p>I would argue that your bank is probably an anomaly. The fact is, IB has been one of the most popular destinations for MIT grads for many years now. While these people are apparently not going to your bank, they're obviously going SOMEWHERE.</p>

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<p>OMG, I am agreeing with Sakky for once!</p>

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<p>Which IBank would that be? The ones that have sent many students seem legitimate, but Chicago, Cornell, Harvard, MIT, Michigan, Northwester and Princeton usually send many students to IBanks...more than many of the schools you list above. For example, Michigan's undergraduate Business school alone send at least 4 students to most of the top Investment Banks annually.</p>

<p><a href="http://www.bus.umich.edu/EmploymentProfile/TopHiringCompanies.htm?StudentType=BBAGrads%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.bus.umich.edu/EmploymentProfile/TopHiringCompanies.htm?StudentType=BBAGrads&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p><a href="http://www.bus.umich.edu/EmploymentProfile/TopHiringCompanies.htm?StudentType=BBAInterns%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.bus.umich.edu/EmploymentProfile/TopHiringCompanies.htm?StudentType=BBAInterns&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>That's out of a class of 300 mind you. And as many undergraduates from the colleges of LSA and Engineering end up accepting offers from top IBanks too. </p>

<p>I am sure schools like Harvard, MIT, Princeton and Stanford also do very well. </p>

<p>So unless you are speaking of an obscure IBank, I would say your figures aren't very accurate.</p>

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<p>no westerners?!?! </p>

<p>Oh that's right, who would want to leave the west coast for the cold and miserable east coast.</p>

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<p>You are prob not at Goldman Sachs in NY? Cause I have friends from Harvard and MIT there though they started last year. I also have another friend from Yale (where I assume you went) working in I-Banking in NY but he is at Lehman Brothers.</p>

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<p>Since I am typing this from work and know the folks in my analyst class, I know my figures are accurate. My bank is a bulge bracket, but like I said, Harvard and Princeton would generally be more represented than it is in our class.</p>

<p>Also, I am speaking only of the investment banking division, not of research, sales and trading, wealth managament, etc. I know less about placement in those groups. </p>

<p>There are a few kids from Berkeley, USC, Stanford, etc. BC has a few higher ups in this bank that recruit heavily...</p>

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<p>Yeah, BC is a semi-target school (due to location I think). my friend, who went there, got recruited by lehman brothers...with other BC-ers, as well.</p>

<p>darn, BB ibank, mm, Congrats to YaleSocietyMember!!!</p>

<p>Alexandre, you said "Michigan's undergraduate Business school alone send at least 4 students to most of the top Investment Banks annually", now there're 3 in YaleMemberSociety's division ALONE. Geeez, u r too demanding. :P</p>

<p>I believe there're more Harvard, princeton, michigan, uva, Cornell , Chicago employees at other divisions.............</p>

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<p>I think I'll take another look at BC, I had no idea. Anyone else confirm ibanks recruit there or is this a one firm anololy?</p>

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<p>No, it's NOT a one firm anology............</p>

<p>while certain ibanks don't recruit there, several investment banks do recruit there (for example, the BB ibank mentioned by the OP, and lehman brothers...etc)</p>

<p>I think this is the reason:</p>

<p>it's in Boston. Ibanks will have to go to boston to interview harvard/mit people anyway, so why not stop by BC and check out some intelligent hardworkers??</p>

<p>BC's UG business is top 20 or top 30, so although it's not amazing, it is certainly excellent.</p>

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<p>Only a few from Stanford, USC, and Berkeley? Is West Coast representation really that bad? I at least expected more Stanforders...</p>

<p>And if so, do you think this is due to IB East Coast bias, or simply a reluctance of Westerners to head to NYC?</p>

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<p>well, maybe some of the West Coast folks got assigned to work in sub-divisions in San Francisco.........</p>

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<p>megastud, I just pulled out the resume book for our analyst class worldwide, the LA, Palo Alto, and SF offices are dominated by Berkeley, Stanford, USC, and UCLA. There are plenty of finance jobs out on the west coast for those that seek them.</p>

<p>suze, the easy way to check bank recruitment is to go on the ibank websites in the fall and check where the banks go and interview. You could be suprised- for example, Lazard recruits at Howard University but may not recruit at some schools you would think it would.</p>

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<p>I'm not at all surprised about Howard. Other than that I like more diversity, that could actually be the smartest school I could go to in terms of ibanking recruiting.</p>