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Texas A&M or Austin? |
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Texas |
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02/04/2000 |
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There is no comparison, UT is a top 20 school by any rankings, while A&M is not even close. In I-banking the caliber of school you go to is extremely important - you will be at a huge disadvantage going to UT over the "top tier" schools like Harvard, Stanford, Wharton, etc., but at least you'll have a chance (if you have other strong characteristics that compensate). If you go to A&M, your chances are substantially lower. Finally, Austin is beautiful and interesting while College Station is a small redneck-filled town in the middle of nowhere. |
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Oops, sorry for the empty post
Texas is definitely a more broadly recognized program than A&M. Actually I've never really known of any A&M MBAs except at Andersen where they had the same jobs as those who came out of undergrad directly.
As far as going into Sell side, I think Texas would be okay, although I've not heard anything about Texas' Wall Street connections being particularly strong.
Buy side, I would really recommend that you go to one of the schools that has the visibility in that area: Chicago, CBS, Wharton, HBS, etc.
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