<p>How well does Duke place graduates into big financial institutions? I've heard Dartmouth's alumni network gets its grads incredible jobs, does Duke do the same?</p>
<p>Duke's placement is very good. Its a target school and is heavily recruited by the various banks and consulting firms. Its as good as Dartmouth when it comes to recruiting. </p>
<p>Here is a list of the various summer analysts that should give you an idea on where Duke stands: <a href="http://www.ibankingoasis.com/node/5768%5B/url%5D">http://www.ibankingoasis.com/node/5768</a></p>
<p>They have a great markets and management program if studying a business-esqe course is what you want. The offerings are great and there actually is a great new program which should bolster networking opportunities even further: <a href="http://www.markets.duke.edu/ny/%5B/url%5D">http://www.markets.duke.edu/ny/</a></p>
<p>I posted a career fair list previously. Do a search for my posts.</p>
<p>Duke has incredible placement into bulge bracket investment banks, other financial institutions, top managerial consulting firms, etc. </p>
<p>That program actually looks like a really valuable experience -- there's a similar one for Media in NY during the fall which has existed for a long time, and one for the springs in LA, but recently, students looking for the business edge have been petitioning for one. I wonder how popular it's going to be though, since it's a spring program and those are never that popular.</p>
<p>those links do not demonstrate anything. The fact that one random person claimed to have certain people in his entering class does not at the least resemble anything that can be substantiated by facts. What is a fact is that Citibank and Mercer Oliver do not even recruit at Duke (which are 2 of the biggest names in their respective fields).</p>
<p><a href="http://www.oliverwyman.com/ow/137.htm%5B/url%5D">http://www.oliverwyman.com/ow/137.htm</a></p>
<p>You do realize that those links havent been updated and do not reveal complete information for the upcoming season yet right? </p>
<p>Neither Yale nor Duke is listed. Nor is Dartmouth or Northwestern. Do you really plan on arguing your case by saying Citi (considered to be one of the more easier IBs to get into) wouldn't be recruiting at these two places? What most likely is happening is that they have yet to setup times for both these institution. Notice how both are listed for graduate programs. </p>
<p>It explicitly lists on Mercer that: "We are currently planning our Fall recruiting events. Please check back during the Summer."</p>
<p>Duke MBA grads have placed at Mercer since 2001. Its not listed on there. So shall we assume they do not recruit at Duke?</p>
<p>The survey I posted, btw, is for Morgan's summer analyst batch for this year. </p>
<p>Morgan is a SIGNIFICANTLY better name than Citi in the IB world...and if Duke ranks up there as a target for Morgan, I do not think Citi is actually a problem. </p>
<p>And Oliver Wyman doesn't hold a candle to the likes McKinsey and Bain. And guess what, they recruit at Duke:</p>
<p><a href="https://lists.aas.duke.edu/pipermail/psy-undergrad/2006-September/000376.html%5B/url%5D">https://lists.aas.duke.edu/pipermail/psy-undergrad/2006-September/000376.html</a>
<a href="http://www.bain.com/bainweb/Join_Bain/school_popup.asp?school_id=5%5B/url%5D">http://www.bain.com/bainweb/Join_Bain/school_popup.asp?school_id=5</a></p>
<p>You obviously have never worked on Wall Street or in any financial institution. Your truly has been interning at a trading firm here on NYC since junior year of high school, have friend's parents who are MDs at ibanks who have told me about Duke's recruitment reach and have looked at stats from friends at various places regarding placement. I do not think anyone who actually is in the field would argue Duke's legitimacy as a recruited school.</p>
<p>And for even more proof:</p>
<p>Citi happens to be in the top 15 of the organizations to hire Duke students.</p>
<p>And notice how accenture, BCG, DB etc are all there. GS has been on that list on every survey. </p>
<p>So there you go. Duke is recruited. You are incorrect.</p>
<p>Um, Mercer does not consider Duke a target school. If it was one, it would be listed on its campus calendar. And yes, Northwestern is a target school under Mercer's management division (its premier division).</p>
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<p>Dartmouth ></p>
<p>Harvard ></p>
<p>Kellogg ></p>
<p>Northwestern ></p>
<p>Penn ></p>
<p>Princeton ></p>
<p>SMU - Cox School of Business ></p>
<p>Southern Methodist University ></p>
<p>Stanford ></p>
<p>Stanford GSB ></p>
<p>Tuck ></p>
<p>University of Michigan ></p>
<p>University of Texas ></p>
<p>UT - McCombs School of Business ></p>
<p>UVA ></p>
<p>Wharton ></p>
<p>Yale ></p>
<p>mahras knows what he's talking about.</p>
<p>As far as MCs go, Duke is a core school for Bain and Mercer.</p>
<p>Citibank (you mean Citigroup, I'm assuming, correct?) ACTIVELY recruits at Duke. I have SEVERAL friends working there as summer analysts for S&T programs and IB programs, and one of the IB managing directors is a HUGE Duke alum, always looking to help out with strongly recruiting Duke students. </p>
<p>Who cares if Mercer doesn't throw tons of info sessions at Duke when McKinsey and Bain and BCG are having annual info sessions, packing the biggest rooms and bringing back tons of alums who now work there. I didn't go to a single Booz Allen info session, and they're a top firm, because they didn't have them in the spring for summer programs. But with Mercer and Booz Allen, if you apply through the website, being a top Duke student still carries clout in an application process... and I know full time hires at both firms.</p>
<p>I suggest you read my next line which states that I was talking about Citi. </p>
<p>Stop trying to argue. Its kind of baseless when McK, BCG, Accenture and Bain are here to argue that Duke isn't recruited for MC.</p>
<p>Mahras, I wasn't trying to argue with you and I hope you didn't think that-- you're the one with the most relevant facts and information from tangible, legitimate sources.</p>
<p>(and if your comment wasn't directed to me, then oh well, it's hard to tell who people are talking to without using alias names)</p>
<p>Columbiahopeful...are you a troll? Probably. </p>
<p>Haha. But in all seriousness, I think Citi takes like dozens of Duke kids a year (and some for its new sophomore rotational program). I went through their interview process (as a sophomore) myself. </p>
<p>Duke is probably one of the best schools you could go to if you want to do Investment Banking or Trading. Even Private Equity and Hedge Funds have lots of Duke alums (Carlyle and Citadel both founded by Dukies), though not sure how many ugrads they recruit. Plus, expect the number of Dukies going into finance to get just bigger, considering its alums from the past 10-15 years are just getting to more senior positions.</p>
<p>I was deciding between Columbia, Dartmouth, and Duke myself, and want to go into finance -in fact, I started coming onto CC with the same questions.</p>
<p>Bluestar> No that wasnt towards you. It was in response to Columbia hopeful.</p>
<p>thethoughtprocess> Citadel was started by a Harvard grad not Duke grad. One of the original guys was a Duke grad though, I believe.</p>
<p>JP Morgan</p>
<p>You can keep denying my links. This again shows how DUke is not a target. It lists all of the recruitment efforts done in 2006-2007. Look at Duke's schedule compared to some of its peers, even Northwestern.</p>
<p>Show me categorical evidence that actually shows how well Duke is recruited. You are purely relying on personal accounts. I keep showing you the facts.</p>
<p>Columbiahopeful, Duke does actually appear on JP Morgan's list, so I don't know what you are talking about. JP Morgan also takes Duke students into its sophomore rotational program. Maybe its that your evidence doesn't actually prove what you are saying. For example, you said Citi doesn't recruit at Duke...whereas I know tons of people who are working for them next year, and I myself was in their interview process as a sophomore. And of course, its one of Duke's biggest employers. Wow, you were pretty off on that one. </p>
<p>I mean, is there any empirical evidence of how many Duke grads get bulge bracket Ibanking jobs? Or for Columbia, or for any school? No, there isn't any such numbers released by firms. </p>
<p>However, someone posted a link to Ibanking Oasis that had someone say how many grads were coming from each school to the summer analyst program - thats about empirical as it gets, but conveniently it was ignored.</p>
<p>I'd love to hear some more "facts" !</p>
<p>Seriously, this is the funniest thing on the board. I basically bombard him with evidence showing how much Duke is recruited and this poster counters with facts that actually BACK UP the proposition. So thus far, evidence has included job postings by McK, Bain, hiring lists which list GS, MS, citi, LB, DB, Accenture as the top 15 recruiters for Duke students and now a link to JPM which shows they recruit at Duke (which our brilliant poster, columbiahopeful, has kindly posted). You have yet to show me any "facts". You lack data retreival skills, personal experience and, in a rather hilarious way, general intelligence. </p>
<p>You were never the brightest star out there, were you buddy?</p>
<p>Well the last link he posted showed that JP Morgan does recruit at Duke. But what he was trying to say was that they recruit more at other schools, which I think he is right (from looking at that link.)</p>