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BB firms and B-schools |
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you're tripping... |
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03/11/2000 |
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Yale, a good school! please. It might be an ivy but that is where it ends. What's next, Deutche bank a bulge bracket firm!! ligthen up on the speed!
If you want banking, go to a good finance school that also has a good overall rep. Wharton, Chicago, Stern, and Stanford are among the best finance schools. HBS gets hires because its hBS. CBS is down hill and although it will give you access, the value of that degree is depreciating.
Why not go to the IB website that you want to work for and look at their recruitng schedule to see where they are hiring.
The other poster is right... more defections to startups increases the chances of mediocre candidates (and schools) of being in the recruiying process. I haven't heard of Goldam recruiting at baruch, yet. |
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I take issue on a particular part of your post. The statement, " ...more defections to startups increases the chances of mediocre candidates & schools of being in the recruiting process" is absolutely wack. Finance is not all that difficult, and you certainly don't have to attend wharton, hbs,cgsb,mit, or what ever to learn how to value a company, or a european call option etc... Perhaps that type of information was once the exclusive province of those schools, but that certainly is not the case today. They teach that stuff at MANY schools now, and firms are beginning to realize this, and are realizing that they can recruit quality candidates from what are referred to as "non-traditional" schools. A career on "the street" is exclusive, but only because the rules of the game preclude that you attend one of the "top schools". I graduated from Temple and I am far from mediocre. I got a damn good business education that is serving quite well in the financial leadership development program I am currently excelling in. I might add that there are plenty of people from top schools, some are impressive, others are mediocre at best. When I complete the program, I plan on attending wharton for my mba, which in reality will serve as nothing more than my admission ticket to wall st.
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