Once you get into a T10 school, the competition really begins

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Anonymous wrote:Northwestern University- great school. Econ major has tried twice (fall and winter quarter) to get into a competitive finance club and was rejected. He wrote essays, gave presentations, and had to sit and answer very hard questions. Just a reminder that getting in is really half (or a quarter) of the battle.

It is like that at many schools though. Not just top 10. Lots of gatekeeping.

Yes but if that gate is closed, and it is because you only get in if you schmooze the right people, there are other ways. Keep at it.

Ok but I don't really care. My point is that OP thinks it is just like that at "top schools". It's not.

My DS is also at Northwestern and he is accepted into the Finance club without having to write essays or presentations. He got the right connections.

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Anonymous wrote:Northwestern University- great school. Econ major has tried twice (fall and winter quarter) to get into a competitive finance club and was rejected. He wrote essays, gave presentations, and had to sit and answer very hard questions. Just a reminder that getting in is really half (or a quarter) of the battle.

It is like that at many schools though. Not just top 10. Lots of gatekeeping.

Yes but if that gate is closed, and it is because you only get in if you schmooze the right people, there are other ways. Keep at it.

Ok but I don't really care. My point is that OP thinks it is just like that at "top schools". It's not.

My DS is also at Northwestern and he is accepted into the Finance club without having to write essays or presentations. He got the right connections.

.that is how it goes. But just because you are not sucking up to the gate keepers college does not mean you can not have a successful career doing what you want to do.

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Anonymous wrote:Northwestern University- great school. Econ major has tried twice (fall and winter quarter) to get into a competitive finance club and was rejected. He wrote essays, gave presentations, and had to sit and answer very hard questions. Just a reminder that getting in is really half (or a quarter) of the battle.

It is like that at many schools though. Not just top 10. Lots of gatekeeping.

Yes but if that gate is closed, and it is because you only get in if you schmooze the right people, there are other ways. Keep at it.

Ok but I don't really care. My point is that OP thinks it is just like that at "top schools". It's not.

That is fine. The point was that the journey through college is high difficulty. That is not much discussed on here.

That’s true fair point

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Anonymous wrote:Northwestern University- great school. Econ major has tried twice (fall and winter quarter) to get into a competitive finance club and was rejected. He wrote essays, gave presentations, and had to sit and answer very hard questions. Just a reminder that getting in is really half (or a quarter) of the battle.

It is like that at many schools though. Not just top 10. Lots of gatekeeping.

Yes but if that gate is closed, and it is because you only get in if you schmooze the right people, there are other ways. Keep at it.

Ok but I don't really care. My point is that OP thinks it is just like that at "top schools". It's not.

My DS is also at Northwestern and he is accepted into the Finance club without having to write essays or presentations. He got the right connections.

Hook him up with OPs son and help a brother out.

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Anonymous wrote:Totally disagree. Nobody cares about some “competitive finance club.”

At many universities, membership in finance clubs is a significant step toward getting jobs at top IB firms. Very important at the University of Michigan.

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Anonymous wrote:Finance club / investing club is so cringe at t10s.

What does "cringe" mean in this context ?

Did you mean to write critical instead of cringe ?

Thank you in advance.

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Anonymous wrote:Totally disagree. Nobody cares about some “competitive finance club.”

At many universities, membership in finance clubs is a significant step toward getting jobs at top IB firms. Very important at the University of Michigan.

Ok but you better perform at that job or you're out and no one will give a rats ass if you were in a college finance club.

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Anonymous wrote:Northwestern University- great school. Econ major has tried twice (fall and winter quarter) to get into a competitive finance club and was rejected. He wrote essays, gave presentations, and had to sit and answer very hard questions. Just a reminder that getting in is really half (or a quarter) of the battle.

This will sound terrible, but I think at Northwestern the best way to break into finance post-grad is to join a frat that has good alumni connections

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Anonymous wrote:Totally disagree. Nobody cares about some “competitive finance club.”

At many universities, membership in finance clubs is a significant step toward getting jobs at top IB firms. Very important at the University of Michigan.

The best way into those clubs is to have gone to the right high schools or be in the same houses as the people choosing new members.

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Anonymous wrote:Totally disagree. Nobody cares about some “competitive finance club.”

At many universities, membership in finance clubs is a significant step toward getting jobs at top IB firms. Very important at the University of Michigan.

The best way into those clubs is to have gone to the right high schools or be in the same houses as the people choosing new members.

Uggg. Does this just go on perpetually in finance careers? If a student pursues fiance are the destined for a work life always full of frat bros?

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Anonymous wrote:Totally disagree. Nobody cares about some “competitive finance club.”

At many universities, membership in finance clubs is a significant step toward getting jobs at top IB firms. Very important at the University of Michigan.

The best way into those clubs is to have gone to the right high schools or be in the same houses as the people choosing new members.

Uggg. Does this just go on perpetually in finance careers? If a student pursues fiance are the destined for a work life always full of frat bros?

There are a lot of them, but not exclusively. (My husband and I both work/worked on Wall Street - me for 10+ years, him for 20+.)

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Anonymous wrote:Totally disagree. Nobody cares about some “competitive finance club.”

At many universities, membership in finance clubs is a significant step toward getting jobs at top IB firms. Very important at the University of Michigan.

The best way into those clubs is to have gone to the right high schools or be in the same houses as the people choosing new members.

^ This. My DS attended Phillips Exeter academy on Financial Aid as an athlete. All of his friends' parents have big titles on Wall Street. My DS ended up at USC on a big financial package, and he parlayed his high school connections to get a high paying job on Wall Street. The closer you're to decision makers, the better it gets.

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Yeah but you’re still a Wall Street douche!

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Yes he needs to make friends with the people running the club. Half the battle is not what you know but who you know. Great life lesson to learn at that age though- my husband and I didn't learn it until our 30s.

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My son joined chess club without any difficulties. Maybe op’s kid is not very smart.