Target schools for elite WS prop trading firm

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Definitely not representative of WS as a whole. Notably missing Dartmouth, Northwestern, Penn/Wharton.

It's fintech. All of the NESACS are missing too because it's a lot harder to teach a history major to be a quant than it is to teach a history major to be an investment banker

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:No surprises here.

Illinois is a surprise.

Illinois cs is excellent and a massive weed out program — if you can get thru it with a high gpa, you are golden

Golden as Stanford , MIT, Berkeley CS grads?

With a 3.7+ gpa, yes

Getting a 3.7 In ee cs at Illinois is brutal tho

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Definitely not representative of WS as a whole. Notably missing Dartmouth, Northwestern, Penn/Wharton.

It's fintech. All of the NESACS are missing too because it's a lot harder to teach a history major to be a quant than it is to teach a history major to be an investment banker

It’s actually better to go to AWS than lower Ivy if you want to work at Jane street and comparable firms becsuse AWS alums can get interviews by just emailing alums at those firms

My sister got a Jane street and SIG interview from AWS from cold emailing an alum at each shop

Lower ivies are too large to really leverage alums as effectively on a personal level.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No surprises here.

Illinois is a surprise.

No it is not.

[Anonymous]

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:https://www.tower-research.com/open-positions/?gh_jid=4360111

CalTech, Carnegie-Mellon, Columbia, Cornell, Harvard, MIT, NYU, Princeton, Stanford, University of California (Berkeley), U Chicago, U Illinois, Yale

Interesting!

[Anonymous]

Am I the only one don’t get this thread?

Is this about target school for IB??

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Am I the only one don’t get this thread?

Is this about target school for IB??

Not IB, trading.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Am I the only one don’t get this thread?

Is this about target school for IB??

If you don’t say “fennance” this thread isn’t for you

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Definitely not representative of WS as a whole. Notably missing Dartmouth, Northwestern, Penn/Wharton.

It's fintech. All of the NESACS are missing too because it's a lot harder to teach a history major to be a quant than it is to teach a history major to be an investment banker

It’s actually better to go to AWS than lower Ivy if you want to work at Jane street and comparable firms becsuse AWS alums can get interviews by just emailing alums at those firms

My sister got a Jane street and SIG interview from AWS from cold emailing an alum at each shop

Lower ivies are too large to really leverage alums as effectively on a personal level.

What is AWS?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Am I the only one don’t get this thread?

Is this about target school for IB??

If you don’t say “fennance” this thread isn’t for you

Pronouncing it that way is more an "Asian-guy-trying-to-mimic-WASPs" tell than anything else.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Definitely not representative of WS as a whole. Notably missing Dartmouth, Northwestern, Penn/Wharton.

It's fintech. All of the NESACS are missing too because it's a lot harder to teach a history major to be a quant than it is to teach a history major to be an investment banker

It’s actually better to go to AWS than lower Ivy if you want to work at Jane street and comparable firms becsuse AWS alums can get interviews by just emailing alums at those firms

My sister got a Jane street and SIG interview from AWS from cold emailing an alum at each shop

Lower ivies are too large to really leverage alums as effectively on a personal level.

What is AWS?

He's referring to Amherst / Williams / Swarthmore (generally speaking the three "best" LACs).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Definitely not representative of WS as a whole. Notably missing Dartmouth, Northwestern, Penn/Wharton.

It's fintech. All of the NESACS are missing too because it's a lot harder to teach a history major to be a quant than it is to teach a history major to be an investment banker

It’s actually better to go to AWS than lower Ivy if you want to work at Jane street and comparable firms becsuse AWS alums can get interviews by just emailing alums at those firms

My sister got a Jane street and SIG interview from AWS from cold emailing an alum at each shop

Lower ivies are too large to really leverage alums as effectively on a personal level.

I would be absolutely shocked if anyone who graduated from the schools listed in this thread wants to work at SIG in Philadelphia (and to a lesser extent, Citadel in Chicago).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Definitely not representative of WS as a whole. Notably missing Dartmouth, Northwestern, Penn/Wharton.

It's fintech. All of the NESACS are missing too because it's a lot harder to teach a history major to be a quant than it is to teach a history major to be an investment banker

It’s actually better to go to AWS than lower Ivy if you want to work at Jane street and comparable firms becsuse AWS alums can get interviews by just emailing alums at those firms

My sister got a Jane street and SIG interview from AWS from cold emailing an alum at each shop

Lower ivies are too large to really leverage alums as effectively on a personal level.

I would be absolutely shocked if anyone who graduated from the schools listed in this thread wants to work at SIG in Philadelphia (and to a lesser extent, Citadel in Chicago).

Yeah Philly is a shithole and Citadel has a toxic culture and really bad PR

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Definitely not representative of WS as a whole. Notably missing Dartmouth, Northwestern, Penn/Wharton.

It's fintech. All of the NESACS are missing too because it's a lot harder to teach a history major to be a quant than it is to teach a history major to be an investment banker

It’s actually better to go to AWS than lower Ivy if you want to work at Jane street and comparable firms becsuse AWS alums can get interviews by just emailing alums at those firms

My sister got a Jane street and SIG interview from AWS from cold emailing an alum at each shop

Lower ivies are too large to really leverage alums as effectively on a personal level.

I would be absolutely shocked if anyone who graduated from the schools listed in this thread wants to work at SIG in Philadelphia (and to a lesser extent, Citadel in Chicago).

Yeah Philly is a shithole and Citadel has a toxic culture and really bad PR

SIG is in an exburb 30+ minutes away from Philly. It’s in a gorgeous wealthy town, albeit more family-oriented.

[Anonymous]

My kid was looking for a business program.

I've heard a lot about IB target or consulting target, but never heard of trading target lol