West Coast

Career Opportunities & Internships Investment Banking
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<p>What are the target schools on the West Coast? In terms of job opportunities on the West Coast. Also If you can tier it for me.</p>

<p>From what I have gathered:</p>

<p>Tier 0: Stanford
Tier 1; Berkeley, Pomona, CMC
Tier 2: UCLA, CalTech
Tier 3: USC, other top LAC
Tier 4: Other UCs</p>

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<p>I would put USC and CalTech in Tier 1. What about the California Catholic schools (SCU, USF, LMU and USD)? Maybe SCU in Tier 3 and the others in Tier 4? There is also Pepperdine, Oxy, other private schools, etc.</p>

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<p>Actually, put Caltech with Stanford in Tier 0?</p>

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<p>Okay, I’m sorry, I was basing this off of job prospects for someone interested in a career in business.</p>

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<p>Would you place Berkeley higher than Pomona?</p>

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<p>Definitely not.</p>

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<p>Caltech for business? Since you mentioned for a career in business, here’s the ranking:</p>

<p>Tier 0: Stanford
Tier 1; Berkeley
Tier 2: UCLA, USC
Tier 3: Pomona, CMC, other top LAC
Tier 4: Other UCs</p>

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<p>I really think that in terms on getting a great job in business/banking, I would put CMC and Pomona a lot higher.</p>

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<p>Santa Clara also has a very good business school and is well situated for employment opportunities in Silicon Valley.</p>

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<p>Stanford and Berkeley Haas place the best into west coast banking by far. USC is decent too. My group specifically targeted those schools for west coast recruitment.</p>

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<p>how about east coast schools for west coast ib?</p>

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<p>^ The usual suspects - Ivies, MIT, a couple other top schools. Wharton, Harvard, Princeton are at the top, followed by other Ivies and Ivy-equivalents. Not sure if Duke counts as east coast, but that has decent recruitment as well.</p>

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<p>West Coast:

  1. Stanford
  2. Caltech*
  3. UC Berkeley (Haas)
  4. USC, UCLA, UC Berkeley, CMC, Pomona
  5. Pepperdine, Santa Clara, USD, UCSD, UCSB
  6. Other UCs</p>

<p>*Most undergraduate students at Caltech don’t want to or intend to enter investment banking, but the ones who want to place very well.</p>

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<p>what do you think of Notre Dame for business? They aren’t east or west coast but where would you put them?</p>

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<p>Notre Dame= Midwest. Regional IBs.</p>

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<p>So how would you rank it?</p>

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<p>I am not in the ranking business. Look up which recruiters go to Notre Dame.</p>

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<p>Where would Gonzaga University rank for investment banking on the west coast?</p>

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<p>Caltech is actually up here with Stanford. Obviously, most Caltech students are not interested in business/finance. But those that are get placed just as well as Stanford students. I’ve heard that McKinsey, for example, likes to recruit Caltech students.</p>

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<p>I have never seen or heard of any caltech students working in investment banking. I know some really strong trading firms, places like DE Shaw, recruit at caltech, but I would not consider it a target school for people trying to get into IBD. I’m pretty sure the bank I work at does not actively recruit from caltech for IB.</p>

<p>Stanford is obviously the top target in the west coast, followed by berkeley, usc (trojan network is very strong in LA), and maybe ucla.</p>