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Anonymous
| Does anyone have any factual information on the outcomes from Bucknell that aren’t just back office slander or propaganda? For all the talk of the school, there’s surprisingly little discussion about its actual quality. Rather than comparing Bucknell to intellectual lacs, how does it compare to finance-minded lacs like Claremont McKenna or Washington&Lee? |
Anonymous
Anonymous
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Great question.
The poster who repeatedly posts about Bucknell University being connected to Wall Street is exaggerating. CMC as well as Wash & Lee are solid options to consider if aiming for a job in finance. The most common aspect among the 3 schools is the proclivity toward consuming large amounts of alcohol. Not kidding. I like all 3 schools, but the heavy drinking aspect would be my biggest concern if I had a child at any of these 3 elite LACs. |
Anonymous
| It’s mostly just a great school for low income students with no network. Everyone else is worse off with Bucknell on their resume. It’s much worse than the two schools you noted, which are very respected in various corners of Wall Street. |
Anonymous
Key stat from the second link: 54% of Freeman grads end up in financial services, with a starting salary (meaning right out of college with just a bachelor's) of $90k. Just FYI for those who mock the idea of Bucknell being a pipeline to The Street. It's real. |
Anonymous
90k start isn’t Wall Street pay. That’s Dallas office McKinsey pay, actually it’s less. That’s Omaha branch of a small consulting firm pay. |
Anonymous
| There’s no talk of it except by one person n this board. It’s a fine/OK Pennsylvania liberal arts school similar to Lafayette, maybe a smidge below. Bucknell’s remote location makes hiring harder than at schools like Lehigh or Lafayette—the location isn’t a plus for most people. It was very desirable at my rural PA high school years ago but too expensive for most, so most of those kids went to Penn state. The grads I know are normal and fine and still live in PA. I’m sure you can get a good education there. |
Anonymous
The streets starts in the $100k range. That’s back office |
Anonymous
Adding to my post, it is best known locally for heavy drinking and the anti LGBT incident a few years ago. |
Anonymous
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The location is a big negative from a travel perspective for families who don't live in the northeast, just to get back and forth. In addition, like many LACs in more remote locations, location is a negative for having things to do that aren't drinking. It doesn't have the prestige to make up for it (like, say, Dartmouth, which is also a mid-size university, so may have something more to do).
I'm sure it's fine for its category of remote LAC, but if I wanted a remote LAC and also wanted Wall St recruiting, I'd be looking at Colgate instead, though certainly I understand if Bucknell should be added to list as being less selective than Colgate. |
Anonymous
that’s not really great either. Remote and Wall Street feeder is Williams. |
Anonymous
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How would you compare:
Colgate CMC Davidson Lehigh Bucknell |
Anonymous
Northwestern Mutual back office pay. |
Anonymous
I don't know what CMC is, but other than that, you have them in the correct order. |
Anonymous
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For the most part Bucknell is compared with Colgate, Lehigh and Lafayette.
The order is probably Colgate Lehigh Bucknell Lafayette. At one point Bucknell was ahead of Lehigh but got jumped. |