Middlebury vs Lehigh..

[Anonymous]

DC ‘26 is actually being recruited by both for a non helmet sport - and could see being pretty happy at either. DC fairly laid back so either should be solid for them. My question is about outcomes, and if goal is Wall Street, which would be the better choice? Middlebury smaller but seems to have pretty rabid loyalty from the alumns, but Lehigh kids seem everywhere you look on the Street - rivaling lower tier ivies like Cornell imo. thanks all

[Anonymous]

Both are fine for an attempt to get a finance job on Wall Street.

But, more important, wear a helmet or you could get dain bramage !

[Anonymous]

both good paths to wall street, but if that is the goal - Williams is better than Middlebury, and Bucknell is better than Lehigh.

[Anonymous]

Middlebury has a very strong Wall Street pipeline, especially Goldman (John Waldron, president/COO) and Morgan Stanley (Ted Pick, CEO)

[Anonymous]

Probably Lehigh ... but both very good!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DC ‘26 is actually being recruited by both for a non helmet sport - and could see being pretty happy at either. DC fairly laid back so either should be solid for them. My question is about outcomes, and if goal is Wall Street, which would be the better choice? Middlebury smaller but seems to have pretty rabid loyalty from the alumns, but Lehigh kids seem everywhere you look on the Street - rivaling lower tier ivies like Cornell imo. thanks all

Middlebury is a better school all around and congrats, amazing options.

[Anonymous]

All my many Lehigh friends are very successful. So is my Middlebury friend. Toss-up.

[Anonymous]

Adjusted for undergrad emrollment Middlebury is 9th on List of Top Feeders to Wall Street and IB. Lehigh is not in top 30.

https://www.collegetransitions.com/dataverse/top-feeders-banking

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Adjusted for undergrad emrollment Middlebury is 9th on List of Top Feeders to Wall Street and IB. Lehigh is not in top 30.

https://www.collegetransitions.com/dataverse/top-feeders-banking

This has to do with the prevalence of athletes on middlebury’s campus more than anything.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DC ‘26 is actually being recruited by both for a non helmet sport - and could see being pretty happy at either. DC fairly laid back so either should be solid for them. My question is about outcomes, and if goal is Wall Street, which would be the better choice? Middlebury smaller but seems to have pretty rabid loyalty from the alumns, but Lehigh kids seem everywhere you look on the Street - rivaling lower tier ivies like Cornell imo. thanks all

NESCAC has great athletics and D3 life is much easier. My kid turned down a different Patriot league school for a NESCAC and loves her decision.

[Anonymous]

Another analysis that places Middlebury among the top schools for Wall Street. Again, Lehigh not only the list (nor is Bucknell for that matter).

https://www.peakframeworks.com/post/ib-target-schools

[Anonymous]

I don’t know much about Middlebury (except that it seems pretty remote) but know a little about Lehigh as my kid is a freshman there. She’s in the engineering school and lives in the STEM dorm, so a little different from business and finance but, she reports that most of her fellow students are hard-working nice regular kids while acknowledging that there may be some groups or frats/sororities that lean heavily into partying. It seems like it is up to the student to choose how much of that they indulge in. She is very happy there (despite being something of a half-minority, for those who like to see things through a racial prism) and has been treated very well by upperclassmen in her sports club and other activities.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:both good paths to wall street, but if that is the goal - Williams is better than Middlebury, and Bucknell is better than Lehigh.

Does Bucknell have a pipeline?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:both good paths to wall street, but if that is the goal - Williams is better than Middlebury, and Bucknell is better than Lehigh.

Does Bucknell have a pipeline?

Yes, how do you know?

[Anonymous]

Middlebury