<p>What is the best business school for undergrads out of Wake Forest, UMiami, Boston U, and Syracuse? I am looking to go into investment banking, so prestige will most likely play a big role in my jobs? How would one rank in order of prestige/undergrad options?</p>
<p>When you here of prestige associated with I-Banking, more times than not people are talking about
Stern, Wharton, Yale, Princeton, Harvard, Cornell, Dartmouth, UoChicago, Berkley, Stanford, etc.
Getting into I-banking out of college from a non-target school like the ones you mention is going to be hard, but possible if you are willing to go hard like no other. That being said, Wake Forest is the best out of the list.
The I-Banking industry is often full of very smart people that come out of these top colleges, it is one of the HARDEST industries to break into. If you REALLY want to go into it, get a really high GPA from Wake Forest and attempt to transfer into a target school.</p>
<p>they are all non targets, but if you want to work regionally in north carolina then wake has some decent front office recruiting along with unc and duke.</p>
<p>I think it would be better for me to get my finance undergrad major, land a killer job, then look at getting my MBA from a target school after two or three years(and hopefully breaking into IB). </p>
<p>Would Wake still top the list if I am trying to get the best job possible out of college?</p>
<p>you’ll do fine at any of those with a 3.5+ really just comes down to region where you want to live post grad. bu is stronger in boston, syracuse stronger in ny, miami stronger in florida, and wake stronger in mid atlantic/south</p>
<p>Bump…</p>
<p>Wake Forest is definitely strongest overall, followed by BU, then Cuse and Miami pretty far behind. It is very tough to get into IB from any of those schools, but it is certainly possible from Wake Forest.</p>
<p>^thank you!</p>
<p>All I can tell you is that if you want to get somewhere, the school you go to won’t be a limiting factor. No one is guaranteed anything because they went to Stern- in fact, some very mediocre students are accepted there, to be frank. Likewise, if you work for what you want, I have no doubt you will get what you want out of any of the schools on your list.</p>
<p>I’ve gotten an opportunity to work with people at Microsoft as a marketing intern there. The San jose state grads are doing the same jobs as the Wharton grads. The most significant factor is the aptitude of the person, not their brand-name degree/network. </p>
<p>As far as immediate I-banking jobs being handed to you on a silver platter, these schools make it tough. But ultimately, what you’re really asking for is a fat paycheck (really, that’s what anyone who wants to do IB out of HS wants). I don’t think there’s an appreciable difference between these schools and “target schools” in the grand scheme of things if you goal is to make money.</p>
<p>That is a very interesting perspective!</p>
<p>I think that it is a big plus when you take into consideration the salaries that many Wall Street bankers receive in the IB industry, but I actually have a developed interest in this field. Whether it is stock market analysis, mergers and acquisitions, international exchange, or in the market side, I actually am interested in the way that big international companies operate, raise capital, trade stocks, and develop themselves into profit-driven machines. </p>
<p>With that being said, I am well aware of the grueling hours that come with working in this industry, but I also believe that once you work in this field, the sky is the limit for you in the business world. Life isn’t about picking a job that is easy and that pays well, it’s about picking a job that interests you (it just happens that IB pays well and I have an interest in the private sector). </p>
<p>I also do not hear of many people breaking into this field without attending reputable schools, hence why I would like to hear opinions on the schools I listed, whether they be targets or not.</p>
<p>Thanks in advance to anyone else who would be kind enough to share their thoughts!</p>
<p>Bump…</p>
<p>Anyoneeeeee?</p>
<p>Out of those it has to be Wake, but if you really want to do Investment Banking I would be looking up to Ivys/MIT/Stanford/Duke</p>
<p>Thank you! </p>
<p>Anyone else please feel free to comment!</p>