lafayette and outcomes for econ major?

[Anonymous]

DC really luved the campus and kids they met during visit, had a very welcoming vibe - smart kids, academics and fun balanced, friendly place. Just a bit concerned about placement opportunities as DC will be an econ major - would be open to finance/business (haha vague but they are 18!) in NYC but sounds like all those spots go to the ivy kids who are at a different level from a resume perspective and have the further advantage on campus recruiting. Can anyone with experience speak to outcomes in finance or business from Lafayette?

[Anonymous]

Can your kid get into an Ivy or similar? If not the comparison is kind of meaningless.

My kid with same interests liked Lafayette but it wasn’t top of his list.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Can your kid get into an Ivy or similar? If not the comparison is kind of meaningless.

My kid with same interests liked Lafayette but it wasn’t top of his list.

OP isn’t asking to compare Lafayette to the Ivies. They are asking about Lafayette’s outcomes for students interested in finding jobs in NYC. The fear is that most of those jobs are snapped up by Ivy grads.

[Anonymous]

Agree with PP. Lafayette is a great school and fits the right caliber of kid. But that caliber of kid isn’t getting like some ridiculous big hedge fund job right out of college unless their uncle runs one. The unhooked quant kid from mit is or the athlete who is also smart from Harvard is. They being said they can get a good starter job in finance or Wall Street and work their way up. They’ll end up as like an analyst at JP Morgan. A great first job but not prestige.

[Anonymous]

lafayette kid isn’t landing an analyst job at JPM without having that uncle who supports his application - sorry

[Anonymous]

Based on faculty scholarship, Lafayette"s economics department places more highly than those of Wall Street and IB feeder schools such as W&L and Bowdoin:

Economics rankings: US Economics Departments at Liberal Arts Colleges | IDEAS/RePEc https://share.google/XGTNcKuouNC8p6aPp

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:lafayette kid isn’t landing an analyst job at JPM without having that uncle who supports his application - sorry

I disagree. Lots of the less prestigious finance jobs at the huge companies are going to strong kids from a range of schools - kids from BC, BU, babson, Lehigh, Lafayette, bucknell etc. the won’t dominate the world but they can work in finance just fine.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Based on faculty scholarship, Lafayette"s economics department places more highly than those of Wall Street and IB feeder schools such as W&L and Bowdoin:

Economics rankings: US Economics Departments at Liberal Arts Colleges | IDEAS/RePEc https://share.google/XGTNcKuouNC8p6aPp

Faculty publications do not equate with job placements. This list is meaningless.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:lafayette kid isn’t landing an analyst job at JPM without having that uncle who supports his application - sorry

I disagree. Lots of the less prestigious finance jobs at the huge companies are going to strong kids from a range of schools - kids from BC, BU, babson, Lehigh, Lafayette, bucknell etc. the won’t dominate the world but they can work in finance just fine.

yeah if a back-office job justifies the $90k price tag than have at it - the plum front office jobs are going to the Upenn, Princeton, Duke kids, not the babson lehigh kids. Humungous difference btw these schools

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Based on faculty scholarship, Lafayette"s economics department places more highly than those of Wall Street and IB feeder schools such as W&L and Bowdoin:

Economics rankings: US Economics Departments at Liberal Arts Colleges | IDEAS/RePEc https://share.google/XGTNcKuouNC8p6aPp

Hey ai bot. This has nothing to do with placements and just is publication record.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Agree with PP. Lafayette is a great school and fits the right caliber of kid. But that caliber of kid isn’t getting like some ridiculous big hedge fund job right out of college unless their uncle runs one. The unhooked quant kid from mit is or the athlete who is also smart from Harvard is. They being said they can get a good starter job in finance or Wall Street and work their way up. They’ll end up as like an analyst at JP Morgan. A great first job but not prestige.

Your comment about "an analyst at JP Morgan" is one of the dumbest things I have read here. An investment banking analyst at JPM is a very, very highly desirable job that kids from top Ivies would kill for. The fact that you wrote that shows how far removed from Wall Street you are - I'm sure you can name drop Jane Street and Citadel and act like you know what you are talking about but you don't.

The issue is that there are different levels of entry level jobs on Wall Street. Top groups go to Ivies and such. But there are plenty of kids from places like Lafayette who still end up at big banks, just possibly not in the most selective areas. But these are still great jobs that pay well and have a nice career path. And once in a blue moon a well connected kid or one who just plays their cards right will truly excel and can move to the top. Or one can also make a very nice living away from Wall Street doing internal finance at a corporation, FP&A, or something of the sort. Not everyone has to be a master of the universe. In fact, many people live much happier lives not doing that.

[Anonymous]

Probably it makes sense for him to call the career office when college is in session and ask them.

[Anonymous]

and the masters of the universe come from ivies. period.

[Anonymous]

It’s not worth comparing outcomes with the Princetons of the world as others have noted.

Comparing it to other Patriot League schools makes sense, like Lehigh. Of those schools Lafayette is my favorite. Colgate is nice but isolated. I would 100% send my DC to Lafayette over Lehigh. Placement at all the Patriot league schools is very good, so I would look for best fit in that group of schools. Lafayette just seems like such a nice place and community.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Based on faculty scholarship, Lafayette"s economics department places more highly than those of Wall Street and IB feeder schools such as W&L and Bowdoin:

Economics rankings: US Economics Departments at Liberal Arts Colleges | IDEAS/RePEc https://share.google/XGTNcKuouNC8p6aPp

Faculty publications do not equate with job placements. This list is meaningless.

I doubt it's a coincidence that prominent Wall Street and IB feeder schools such as Claremont McKenna, Amherst, Williams, Middlebury and Hamilton place highly in the analysis.