UVA/Cornell/Notre Dame/USC/Georgetown

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<p>Hey, i got into uva, cornell, notre dame, usc, georgetown.
I have my goals set that I want to work on Wall Street when i'm older. My goal is to work as either an investment banker/hedge fund manager, something like Gordon Gekko. Which one of these schools would give me the BEST chance at getting recruited for a job on Wall Street, granted I get the same grades. Or which would be looked upon favorably at graduate schools for getting my MBA (like at Wharton or Harvard Business)?</p>

<p>UVA-McIntire, Cornell-Hotel/AEM, ND- Mendoza, USC - Marshall, Georgetown-McDonough</p>

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<p>Gordon Gekko was in Private Equity, more specifically leveraged buyouts. Then again it’s a movie so the job he portrays is fictional. ;)</p>

<p>I would instantly eliminate USC/ND. I would then visit Cornell, Georgetown, and UVA to see which school you like the most.</p>

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<p>I’d say you should go to UVA or Cornell. All the others won’t give you the same exposure to IB recruiting</p>

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<p>Haha, yes Gekko was PE/buyouts, but point taken. </p>

<p>For Hedge Funds, you’ll have a tough time regardless - but if you are talking about IB and then down the line HF, for IB, I would say Cornell, UVA, Georgetown, the rest in that order although Cornell and UVA are both very strong and if you’ve visited both and had a much stronger/positive reaction to UVA, then I’d say go UVA.</p>

<p>PM me if you have other questions.</p>

<p>IBanker</p>

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<p>Aren’t you cool.</p>

<p>Go to either Cornell or G’town. Both do very decently in IB recruiting. </p>

<p>And you definitely wont an HF gig out of these undergrads no matter what you do, I can guarantee you that.</p>

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<p>False, I know several hedge funds recruiting at the undergraduate level.</p>

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<p>^ Yeah, but they only recruit at Harvard and Wharton (and sometimes Stanford). They never go to one of the schools the OP is talking about. That’s just how it is.</p>

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<p>^Somewhat correct. Also do not underestimate the power of cold calling. This summer I will be interning at a PE firm that has $2.5 billion in assets under management. </p>

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<p>Bridgewater Associates is just one example, but I know of countless others.</p>

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<p>AvidStudent, given that you are Dartmouth '15, you getting this internship for the summer without even starting at dartmouth yet is astounding to say the least. The point here is that the jobs in these mid range hedgefunds and private equity firms are mostly obtained through connections/networks. The recruiting for these small to medium buy side firms seldom goes the way recruiting at bulge bracket investment banks go. So in all, your chances to secure such a job out of college are decimated by the odds stacked against you. The best course of action would be get into IB first and then work your way from there to the buy side, and that is how most people do it.</p>

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<p>@ the OP - Definitely Cornell.</p>

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<p>“My goal is to work as either an investment banker/hedge fund manager, something like Gordon Gekko.” The exact opposite of what the director wanted from people who saw the film hahaha. </p>

<p>Anyways, as amusing as this was to read, some input in seriousness would be that any of these schools will see you into Investment banking if you put the effort in. For example, I have a friend at USC right now who’ll be working for Wells Fargo in investment banking next year. He didn’t even have the most impressive grades ever either. He simply put in the individual effort it took to get his desired internship and job.</p>

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<p>For IB, the ranking goes like this:</p>

<p>Cornell
Georgetown
UVA/USC
Notre Dame</p>