<p>Hello guys, I was just wondering what undergraduate schools you all think will provide me with the best resources to get into investment banking, yet still having a good chance to getting into (so I doubt any Ivy leagues lol)! Currently, I go to Drexel University, which I only chose because I applied as a biology major since I had not started loving finance up until this past summer meaning that it was too late to change my college and major for the first term. But now I am thinking of transferring, but I do not specifically know where I can get into that would be as much of a target school for investment banking as possible. If it helps, I had a 3.74 GPA in high school and a 2080 SAT. My first term in college (which was as a bio major), I was still able to pull off a 3.703. I expect my GPA to rise since I am currently acing my business courses. At the end of this quarter, I should have ATLEAST a 3.75, maybe 3.8. I have attached my resume as well since I think it would help in determining what target/semi-target schools I would have the best chance to get into. Thanks!
My resume: <a href="http://www.mediafire.com/view/zfkfu6yo6pjyu12/Public_Resume.pdf">http://www.mediafire.com/view/zfkfu6yo6pjyu12/Public_Resume.pdf</a></p>
<p>Bump…</p>
<p>This subject already has been discussed often on College Confidential. Try using the CC search tools, or Google.</p>
<p>Try this thread, for example:
<a href=“Best Schools for Investment Banking - #15 by Alexandre - College Search & Selection - College Confidential Forums”>Best Schools for Investment Banking - #15 by Alexandre - College Search & Selection - College Confidential Forums;
<p>No it hasn’t, I am not asking for the best investment banking undergraduate schools. I am asking for the best investment banking undergraduate school that you guys think I can get into based on my GPA and resume.</p>
<p>The consensus on CC seems to be that major Wall Street investment banks recruit almost exclusively at a few super selective colleges, especially Penn/Wharton, Princeton and Harvard. Go to the thread I cited above and look up the list of offers shown in the links provided by Alexandre on March 14. In 2013, Wharton undergraduates accepted 24 offers from Goldman Sachs. In the same year, UVa Bachelor’s and Master’s students altogether scored only 3 “acceptances”. Acceptances for Bain and McKinsey also were in the single digits. Outside the Ivies and a few other top schools, the number of acceptances apparently dwindles to very few. </p>
<p>That’s not to say you couldn’t get a good job in some other sector after graduating from a much less selective school. Indiana’s Kelly School is highly-regarded among undergraduate business programs. The university overall has a 74% freshmen admission rate. I don’t know the rate for transfers into the Kelly School, but it must be less selective than some of the others in the Bloomberg top 20.</p>
<p>There may also be a path into a major IB firm that takes you from any number of above-average undergraduate programs, through a few years in a lower-paying career field, followed by an MBA at a school recruited by the likes of GS, Bain, or McKinsey (or some other firm that would interest you.) </p>