Urgent: stanford vs MIT vs Yale for IB

<p>Where should I go? No aid from MIT, a little aid from Stanford and Yale.
Which school sends more students (undergraduate) to IBs?
Is math/applied math a good major for IB job?
Should I add a minor in Econ?
Thanks a lot!!</p>

<p>Let’s Analyze:</p>

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<li><p>Stanford or Yale both don’t allow you to take courses at their Business School as undergraduate.</p></li>
<li><p>MIT is the top ranked Business school (ranked over Wharton) in US News ranking 2012 that allows students to take exactly the same courses as MBA students.
[Top</a> Business Schools (usnews.com)](<a href=“http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-business-schools]Top”>http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-business-schools)</p></li>
<li><p>MIT has the second best Economics program after Harvard.
[Best</a> Economics Programs | Top Economics Schools | US News Best Graduate Schools](<a href=“http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-humanities-schools/economics-rankings]Best”>http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-humanities-schools/economics-rankings)</p></li>
<li><p>MIT provide the best core curriculum and so if you change your mind in 4 years you will still have tons of high paying career.</p></li>
<li><p>Top I-Banks recruit at MIT. It’s the top I-Banks target school.</p></li>
<li><p>Top I-Banks not only recruit here but pay top salary for MIT students. No other college come close to the top salaries offered by top I-Banks. </p></li>
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<p>Here is the data from MIT that indicates all top I-Banks recruit undergraduates and salary range is pretty high. Get an equivalent report from Yale, and Stanford before making a sensible decision.</p>

<p><a href=“http://web.mit.edu/career/www/infost...aduation10.pdf[/url]”>http://web.mit.edu/career/www/infost...aduation10.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>So if you have what it takes to be successful at MIT and have passion for I-Banking, MIT will provide you the best opportunities.</p>

<p>You can major in Finance, minor in Economics or major in any other and minor in Finance and concentration in Economics.</p>

<p>Thanks!
My only concern is the aid. say if I can get ~30-50k(total in 4 years) from the other 2 schools, would you still recommend MIT over the others?</p>

<p>I can’t help you with that. My recommendation was only if cost of attendance is same.</p>

<p>If you’re good enough at math, you should go into trading instead of banking. Just my personal opinion.</p>

<p>Anyway, that said, if you’re good enough at math and want to do trading, go to MIT or Stanford. Both have fantastic banking and trading recruiting. Yale’s trading recruiting won’t be as strong, but the banking recruiting will be very good.</p>

<p>I would go to Stanford in your situation because you get all the same trading opportunities, in addition to a few select venture capital/tech banking opportunities that you wouldn’t get at MIT (e.g., places like Qatalyst).</p>

<p>You certainly couldn’t go wrong with MIT (or Yale) though. Congrats and good luck</p>

<p>Here’s the quick recommendation:</p>

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<li>If you want West Coast opps - particularly in IB, VC, etc - go with Stanford</li>
<li>If you want East Coast IB exclusively and money matter - go with Yale</li>
<li><p>If you want East Coast IB or possibly S&T/quant HF (if you not immediately after undergrad, then at least at some point in the future) - go with MIT</p></li>
<li><p>IB doesn’t care much about majors - they care far more about target school and GPA. Therefore, if you can keep the GPA, go with Math as it will be relevant and help you, but only with a good GPA.</p></li>
<li><p>For S&T I definitely like the strong math major, particularly for quant-intensive S&T</p></li>
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<p>PM me if you have other questions.</p>

<p>IBanker</p>