top schools dont have undergrad business programs...what to do??

<p>I've been looking @ a lot of colleges such as dartmouth they don't have a business school and majors such as finance. What do people at these schools usually study if they want to go into finance when they graduate? The only major that seems close enough to me is economics...</p>

<p>yea...its ridiculous....none of the new england ivies have undergraduate business programs...econ isnt technically business its a social science...thats why they have econ. Ive decided i dont wanna go to an ivy because none of them have i business. The way i see it...going to a place like dartmouth or brown won't really help you in the business world unless you plan on going straight to graduate school, which, if you ask me, is a bad idea.</p>

<p>Any major from Dartmouth or Brown is more of a funnel into the business world (top jobs at investment banks, consulting firms, law firms, media firms, technology firms) than any undergrad business school in the country with the possible exception of UPenn (Wharton).</p>

<p>Just because Dartmouth does not have a finance major or a undergrad business school don't think that opportunities pass them by.</p>

<p>My D and the rest of the 8's are currently on campus for sophomore summer at Dartmouth, and career services is working with them in obtaining internships for this fall/ winter. there are a number of workshops, open houses and on campus interviews comming up in the next few weeks. McKinsey was on campus wednesday evening holding an information session before their on-campus interviews.</p>

<p><a href="http://www.dartmouth.edu/%7Ecsrc/program.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.dartmouth.edu/~csrc/program.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>This week they are having Applying to Internships and Ice Cream Week</p>

<p>6/27 (Tuesday)
*Market Yourself Through Your Resume
@ 4:30pm in Career Services (AIR CONDITIONED!!)
(RSVP to Career Services Blitz Account Required by 6/26)</p>

<p>6/28 (Wednesday)
*Cover Letters That Get You an Interview
@ 3:30pm in Career Services (AIR CONDITIONED!!)
(RSVP to Career Services Blitz Account Required by 6/27)</p>

<p>6/29 (Thursday)
*Networking for Internships
@ 4:30pm in Career Services (AIR CONDITIONED!!)
(RSVP to Career Services Blitz Account Required by 6/28)</p>

<p>As far as who is coming when, students log on to career services to obtain the infomation. They are also sent notices for deadline for the first round of resume drops and on campus interviews that will be taking place. </p>

<p>The first resume drop deadline is July 5, for the first series of on-campus interviews that will be taking place over the summer (available only to students who are on campus over the summer). The first round of off campus interviews are taking place oer the next 2 weeks. Some companies that are holding on-campus and telephone interviews over the summer include;</p>

<p>Slack Barshinger
-Business-to-Business Marketing/Advertising Agency
ALL TERMS Account Management Intern</p>

<p>*Resume Drop Employer - Will conduct phone interviews</p>

<p>Merrill Lynch
-Financial Services
FALL Operations Analyst Intern
*Resume Drop Employer - Will conduct phone interviews</p>

<p>Barclays Capital
-Financial Services
WINTER Fixed Income Trading Intern
On-campus Interviews: July _th</p>

<p>Bridgewater Associates
-Financial Services
FALL, WINTER or SPRING Investment Management Intern
FALL, WINTER or SPRING Technology Intern
On-campus Interviews: July -th & -th</p>

<p>Citigroup Corporate & Investment Bank
-Financial Services
WINTER or SPRING Investment Banking Analyst Intern*
On-campus Interviews: July -th</p>

<p>GSC Partners
-Investment Management
FALL or WINTER Financial Analyst Intern - Control
Distressed Group*
On-campus Interviews: July __st</p>

<p>Lehman Brothers
-Financial Services
WINTER Investment Banking Corporate Analyst Intern
WINTER Capital Markets Analyst Intern
On-campus Interviews: July _-th</p>

<p>Mercer Oliver Wyman
-Financial Consulting
WINTER Consultant Intern
On-campus Interviews: July _th</p>

<p>McKinsey & Company
-Management/Strategy Consulting
WINTER or SPRING Business Analyst Intern
On-campus Interviews: July th</p>

<p>The calendar for fall/winter can be found at </p>

<p><a href="http://www.dartmouth.edu/%7Ecsrc/stud.../deadlines.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.dartmouth.edu/~csrc/stud.../deadlines.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>I think this is a major mistake in terms of understanding. My best friend at Goldman didn't even know what an "DCF" was when he started his internship. Dartmouth and the Ivies are in fact desired more than business school grads at the top firms. In fact, most top banks and consulting firms prefer Econ at the Ivies over business at any school except Wharton.</p>

<p>If you look at business schools like UVA, UNC, and Ross you'll see they actually have many less hires at top firms than Dartmouth!! In terms of finance or business the top feeders I have seen are Duke, Dartmouth, Princeton, Williams, Yale, Harvard, and Columbia.</p>

<p>This problem was bothering me as well.</p>

<p>Slipper1234, where did you get your information on the top feeders into business or finance firms?</p>

<p>There was a vault.com*** list of places that recruit on campuses but I got kicked off for posting the links (which I think is ridiculous since it was totally helpful to people) so I can't do it again.</p>