Wesleyan vs Lafayette

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Anonymous wrote:Neither? WASP+Bowdoin +Middlebury are really the only decent lacs

I'd add Bucknell.

No one else would. It isn’t a prestigious liberal arts college and is in a dump of a town. Maybe great for rich white kids with daddy’s money

It may not have quite the intellectual vibe of Wesleyan or Swarthmore, but Bucknell has a far stronger Wall Street pipeline than either (or Lafayette, for that matter). Firms hoover up Bucknell grads for client-facing roles because they tend to have both elite quantitative and problem-solving skills, and preternatural EQ and persuasive ability. Plus the network on The Street is legion, and Bison help Bison.

This just remarkably untrue, and both Wesleyan and swarthmore place more (and those numbers are very small) into careers on the street. Can you point to one source that proves otherwise?

not the PP, but my kid just graduated from Wes - the school has basically zero career counseling or recruiting on campus, kids basically left to fend for themselves. Couple of kids who got wall street jobs used their deerfield choate andover or laxbro connections. Coaches and athletic administration do nothing. Conversely, have heard complete oppposite at Bucknell - these kids are on point from sophomore year on with the job hunt and working connections with help from the school

I’ll up and say that this is true at most colleges. Talk to any kid from ivys to wasp, most students say their career services are quite useless. Even at Harvard, most kids learn to case for consulting from upperclassmen.

Also, reaching out to people is how you get the interview offer in the first place. If it’s not your network from choate, then you just email LinkedIn connections from alum for coffee chats.

I’ll also add that this is why consulting and IB clubs became popular. As much as one can speculate, no Bucknell with all this supposed prep isn’t placing people into Wall Street firms at a documented, statistics-backed rate.

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Anonymous wrote:Neither? WASP+Bowdoin +Middlebury are really the only decent lacs

I'd add Bucknell.

No one else would. It isn’t a prestigious liberal arts college and is in a dump of a town. Maybe great for rich white kids with daddy’s money

It may not have quite the intellectual vibe of Wesleyan or Swarthmore, but Bucknell has a far stronger Wall Street pipeline than either (or Lafayette, for that matter). Firms hoover up Bucknell grads for client-facing roles because they tend to have both elite quantitative and problem-solving skills, and preternatural EQ and persuasive ability. Plus the network on The Street is legion, and Bison help Bison.

This just remarkably untrue, and both Wesleyan and swarthmore place more (and those numbers are very small) into careers on the street. Can you point to one source that proves otherwise?

not the PP, but my kid just graduated from Wes - the school has basically zero career counseling or recruiting on campus, kids basically left to fend for themselves. Couple of kids who got wall street jobs used their deerfield choate andover or laxbro connections. Coaches and athletic administration do nothing. Conversely, have heard complete oppposite at Bucknell - these kids are on point from sophomore year on with the job hunt and working connections with help from the school

I’ll up and say that this is true at most colleges. Talk to any kid from ivys to wasp, most students say their career services are quite useless. Even at Harvard, most kids learn to case for consulting from upperclassmen.

Also, reaching out to people is how you get the interview offer in the first place. If it’s not your network from choate, then you just email LinkedIn connections from alum for coffee chats.

I’ll also add that this is why consulting and IB clubs became popular. As much as one can speculate, no Bucknell with all this supposed prep isn’t placing people into Wall Street firms at a documented, statistics-backed rate.

What makes Bucknell’s pipeline so strong is the synchrony between career services and the rabid alumni network on The Street. It takes much of the legwork out of landing a front office job at a top firm. Students still need to show up and put in the effort, but if they start early, they can easily secure internships and job offers at graduation without having to play LinkedIn roulette.

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Anonymous wrote:Neither? WASP+Bowdoin +Middlebury are really the only decent lacs

I'd add Bucknell.

No one else would. It isn’t a prestigious liberal arts college and is in a dump of a town. Maybe great for rich white kids with daddy’s money

It may not have quite the intellectual vibe of Wesleyan or Swarthmore, but Bucknell has a far stronger Wall Street pipeline than either (or Lafayette, for that matter). Firms hoover up Bucknell grads for client-facing roles because they tend to have both elite quantitative and problem-solving skills, and preternatural EQ and persuasive ability. Plus the network on The Street is legion, and Bison help Bison.

This just remarkably untrue, and both Wesleyan and swarthmore place more (and those numbers are very small) into careers on the street. Can you point to one source that proves otherwise?

not the PP, but my kid just graduated from Wes - the school has basically zero career counseling or recruiting on campus, kids basically left to fend for themselves. Couple of kids who got wall street jobs used their deerfield choate andover or laxbro connections. Coaches and athletic administration do nothing. Conversely, have heard complete oppposite at Bucknell - these kids are on point from sophomore year on with the job hunt and working connections with help from the school

I’ll up and say that this is true at most colleges. Talk to any kid from ivys to wasp, most students say their career services are quite useless. Even at Harvard, most kids learn to case for consulting from upperclassmen.

Also, reaching out to people is how you get the interview offer in the first place. If it’s not your network from choate, then you just email LinkedIn connections from alum for coffee chats.

I’ll also add that this is why consulting and IB clubs became popular. As much as one can speculate, no Bucknell with all this supposed prep isn’t placing people into Wall Street firms at a documented, statistics-backed rate.

What makes Bucknell’s pipeline so strong is the synchrony between career services and the rabid alumni network on The Street. It takes much of the legwork out of landing a front office job at a top firm. Students still need to show up and put in the effort, but if they start early, they can easily secure internships and job offers at graduation without having to play LinkedIn roulette.

And this effort shows up nowhere in lists of target schools or semi-targets from compiled data of whose placing into what firms. This indicates that no, Bucknell is not placing well. No one has ever even posted a source showing that they do well, they just expect you to blindly believe it.

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Anonymous wrote:Neither? WASP+Bowdoin +Middlebury are really the only decent lacs

I'd add Bucknell.

No one else would. It isn’t a prestigious liberal arts college and is in a dump of a town. Maybe great for rich white kids with daddy’s money

It may not have quite the intellectual vibe of Wesleyan or Swarthmore, but Bucknell has a far stronger Wall Street pipeline than either (or Lafayette, for that matter). Firms hoover up Bucknell grads for client-facing roles because they tend to have both elite quantitative and problem-solving skills, and preternatural EQ and persuasive ability. Plus the network on The Street is legion, and Bison help Bison.

This just remarkably untrue, and both Wesleyan and swarthmore place more (and those numbers are very small) into careers on the street. Can you point to one source that proves otherwise?

not the PP, but my kid just graduated from Wes - the school has basically zero career counseling or recruiting on campus, kids basically left to fend for themselves. Couple of kids who got wall street jobs used their deerfield choate andover or laxbro connections. Coaches and athletic administration do nothing. Conversely, have heard complete oppposite at Bucknell - these kids are on point from sophomore year on with the job hunt and working connections with help from the school

I’ll up and say that this is true at most colleges. Talk to any kid from ivys to wasp, most students say their career services are quite useless. Even at Harvard, most kids learn to case for consulting from upperclassmen.

Also, reaching out to people is how you get the interview offer in the first place. If it’s not your network from choate, then you just email LinkedIn connections from alum for coffee chats.

I’ll also add that this is why consulting and IB clubs became popular. As much as one can speculate, no Bucknell with all this supposed prep isn’t placing people into Wall Street firms at a documented, statistics-backed rate.

What makes Bucknell’s pipeline so strong is the synchrony between career services and the rabid alumni network on The Street. It takes much of the legwork out of landing a front office job at a top firm. Students still need to show up and put in the effort, but if they start early, they can easily secure internships and job offers at graduation without having to play LinkedIn roulette.

^ this - wesleyan has an apathetic alumni base and zero help from athletic department (for athletes) - this was especially disappointing for my kid who was sold on the athletic alumni loyalty and successful careers of recent grads by the coaches during recruiting - let me repeat, zero help. My kid is a grinder and landed a good job, but in hindsight had nothing to do with attending wes - bucknell wouldn’t have been such a better choice

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correction “would have been”

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Anonymous wrote:Neither? WASP+Bowdoin +Middlebury are really the only decent lacs

I'd add Bucknell.

No one else would. It isn’t a prestigious liberal arts college and is in a dump of a town. Maybe great for rich white kids with daddy’s money

It may not have quite the intellectual vibe of Wesleyan or Swarthmore, but Bucknell has a far stronger Wall Street pipeline than either (or Lafayette, for that matter). Firms hoover up Bucknell grads for client-facing roles because they tend to have both elite quantitative and problem-solving skills, and preternatural EQ and persuasive ability. Plus the network on The Street is legion, and Bison help Bison.

This just remarkably untrue, and both Wesleyan and swarthmore place more (and those numbers are very small) into careers on the street. Can you point to one source that proves otherwise?

not the PP, but my kid just graduated from Wes - the school has basically zero career counseling or recruiting on campus, kids basically left to fend for themselves. Couple of kids who got wall street jobs used their deerfield choate andover or laxbro connections. Coaches and athletic administration do nothing. Conversely, have heard complete oppposite at Bucknell - these kids are on point from sophomore year on with the job hunt and working connections with help from the school

I’ll up and say that this is true at most colleges. Talk to any kid from ivys to wasp, most students say their career services are quite useless. Even at Harvard, most kids learn to case for consulting from upperclassmen.

Also, reaching out to people is how you get the interview offer in the first place. If it’s not your network from choate, then you just email LinkedIn connections from alum for coffee chats.

I’ll also add that this is why consulting and IB clubs became popular. As much as one can speculate, no Bucknell with all this supposed prep isn’t placing people into Wall Street firms at a documented, statistics-backed rate.

What makes Bucknell’s pipeline so strong is the synchrony between career services and the rabid alumni network on The Street. It takes much of the legwork out of landing a front office job at a top firm. Students still need to show up and put in the effort, but if they start early, they can easily secure internships and job offers at graduation without having to play LinkedIn roulette.

^ this - wesleyan has an apathetic alumni base and zero help from athletic department (for athletes) - this was especially disappointing for my kid who was sold on the athletic alumni loyalty and successful careers of recent grads by the coaches during recruiting - let me repeat, zero help. My kid is a grinder and landed a good job, but in hindsight had nothing to do with attending wes - bucknell wouldn’t have been such a better choice

? Beyond bizarre. You wanted a sport to get him a job. And you think Wesleyan is the issue?

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<< Thanks! Any insight into the club sports scene? Women’s lacrosse, in particular?>>

There was also a question about socializing.

My point of view is as a mom of a varsity woman athlete. I don’t have direct knowledge of team sports.

For the varsity athletes, their inner circle of friends will be teammates, then sororities/fraternities/Clubs and also friends of friends.

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Bucknell only placed 10 people into IB last year; Williams usually places about 40. Semi target lacs place 20-30. Bucknell grads are not sought after. It’s a myth created by one rabid poster who should put more energy into getting their grads jobs.

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Anonymous wrote:Wesleyan is an oddly ugly school with very poor facilities. I wouldn’t send an enemy’s child to that prison of an institution.

I was just there in October and this is not true at all. But of course this whole thread is ridiculous.

We toured recently and the science center seemed appallingly low quality compared to peer lacs. The arts facilities were downright depressing.

Not sure how on your tour you missed the massive new science center, scheduled to open in 2026: https://www.wesleyan.edu/chem/new_science_building.html

The brutalist aesthetic of the arts block is divisive, for sure, but as the parent of a theater major, I can say that the facilities are very good. And there’s a new Integrative Arts Lab opening next year: https://newsletter.blogs.wesleyan.edu/2024/09/09/updates-on-new-science-building-integrative-arts-lab-construction/

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Anonymous wrote:Wesleyan is an oddly ugly school with very poor facilities. I wouldn’t send an enemy’s child to that prison of an institution.

I was just there in October and this is not true at all. But of course this whole thread is ridiculous.

We toured recently and the science center seemed appallingly low quality compared to peer lacs. The arts facilities were downright depressing.

[url]Not sure how on your tour you missed the massive new science center, scheduled to open in 2026: [/b]https://www.wesleyan.edu/chem/new_science_building.html

The brutalist aesthetic of the arts block is divisive, for sure, but as the parent of a theater major, I can say that the facilities are very good. And there’s a new Integrative Arts Lab opening next year: https://newsletter.blogs.wesleyan.edu/2024/09/09/updates-on-new-science-building-integrative-arts-lab-construction/

Not sure. Something about it being 2024 may have something to do with it, but I can’t put my finger on why I wouldn’t have seen an astonishing facility that’s only 2 years in the future.

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Anonymous wrote:Wesleyan is an oddly ugly school with very poor facilities. I wouldn’t send an enemy’s child to that prison of an institution.

I was just there in October and this is not true at all. But of course this whole thread is ridiculous.

We toured recently and the science center seemed appallingly low quality compared to peer lacs. The arts facilities were downright depressing.

Not sure how on your tour you missed the massive new science center, scheduled to open in 2026: https://www.wesleyan.edu/chem/new_science_building.html

The brutalist aesthetic of the arts block is divisive, for sure, but as the parent of a theater major, I can say that the facilities are very good. And there’s a new Integrative Arts Lab opening next year: https://newsletter.blogs.wesleyan.edu/2024/09/09/updates-on-new-science-building-integrative-arts-lab-construction/

How underwhelming.

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Anonymous wrote:Neither? WASP+Bowdoin +Middlebury are really the only decent lacs

I'd add Bucknell.

No one else would. It isn’t a prestigious liberal arts college and is in a dump of a town. Maybe great for rich white kids with daddy’s money

It may not have quite the intellectual vibe of Wesleyan or Swarthmore, but Bucknell has a far stronger Wall Street pipeline than either (or Lafayette, for that matter). Firms hoover up Bucknell grads for client-facing roles because they tend to have both elite quantitative and problem-solving skills, and preternatural EQ and persuasive ability. Plus the network on The Street is legion, and Bison help Bison.

This just remarkably untrue, and both Wesleyan and swarthmore place more (and those numbers are very small) into careers on the street. Can you point to one source that proves otherwise?

not the PP, but my kid just graduated from Wes - the school has basically zero career counseling or recruiting on campus, kids basically left to fend for themselves. Couple of kids who got wall street jobs used their deerfield choate andover or laxbro connections. Coaches and athletic administration do nothing. Conversely, have heard complete oppposite at Bucknell - these kids are on point from sophomore year on with the job hunt and working connections with help from the school

I’ll up and say that this is true at most colleges. Talk to any kid from ivys to wasp, most students say their career services are quite useless. Even at Harvard, most kids learn to case for consulting from upperclassmen.

Also, reaching out to people is how you get the interview offer in the first place. If it’s not your network from choate, then you just email LinkedIn connections from alum for coffee chats.

I’ll also add that this is why consulting and IB clubs became popular. As much as one can speculate, no Bucknell with all this supposed prep isn’t placing people into Wall Street firms at a documented, statistics-backed rate.

What makes Bucknell’s pipeline so strong is the synchrony between career services and the rabid alumni network on The Street. It takes much of the legwork out of landing a front office job at a top firm. Students still need to show up and put in the effort, but if they start early, they can easily secure internships and job offers at graduation without having to play LinkedIn roulette.

^ this - wesleyan has an apathetic alumni base and zero help from athletic department (for athletes) - this was especially disappointing for my kid who was sold on the athletic alumni loyalty and successful careers of recent grads by the coaches during recruiting - let me repeat, zero help. My kid is a grinder and landed a good job, but in hindsight had nothing to do with attending wes - bucknell wouldn’t have been such a better choice

? Beyond bizarre. You wanted a sport to get him a job. And you think Wesleyan is the issue?

Athletes do help each other out. Happens a lot. And Wes kind of is the problem in the sense that they care less about sports there than at other NESCACs.

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When we toured Wes it was very obvious the tour guide couldn’t care less about sports, lmao.

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Anonymous wrote:Neither? WASP+Bowdoin +Middlebury are really the only decent lacs

I'd add Bucknell.

No one else would. It isn’t a prestigious liberal arts college and is in a dump of a town. Maybe great for rich white kids with daddy’s money

It may not have quite the intellectual vibe of Wesleyan or Swarthmore, but Bucknell has a far stronger Wall Street pipeline than either (or Lafayette, for that matter). Firms hoover up Bucknell grads for client-facing roles because they tend to have both elite quantitative and problem-solving skills, and preternatural EQ and persuasive ability. Plus the network on The Street is legion, and Bison help Bison.

This just remarkably untrue, and both Wesleyan and swarthmore place more (and those numbers are very small) into careers on the street. Can you point to one source that proves otherwise?

not the PP, but my kid just graduated from Wes - the school has basically zero career counseling or recruiting on campus, kids basically left to fend for themselves. Couple of kids who got wall street jobs used their deerfield choate andover or laxbro connections. Coaches and athletic administration do nothing. Conversely, have heard complete oppposite at Bucknell - these kids are on point from sophomore year on with the job hunt and working connections with help from the school

Centerview Partners was founded by a Wes grad and he is on the Board - they must recruit there.

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Anonymous wrote:Neither? WASP+Bowdoin +Middlebury are really the only decent lacs

I'd add Bucknell.

No one else would. It isn’t a prestigious liberal arts college and is in a dump of a town. Maybe great for rich white kids with daddy’s money

It may not have quite the intellectual vibe of Wesleyan or Swarthmore, but Bucknell has a far stronger Wall Street pipeline than either (or Lafayette, for that matter). Firms hoover up Bucknell grads for client-facing roles because they tend to have both elite quantitative and problem-solving skills, and preternatural EQ and persuasive ability. Plus the network on The Street is legion, and Bison help Bison.

This just remarkably untrue, and both Wesleyan and swarthmore place more (and those numbers are very small) into careers on the street. Can you point to one source that proves otherwise?

not the PP, but my kid just graduated from Wes - the school has basically zero career counseling or recruiting on campus, kids basically left to fend for themselves. Couple of kids who got wall street jobs used their deerfield choate andover or laxbro connections. Coaches and athletic administration do nothing. Conversely, have heard complete oppposite at Bucknell - these kids are on point from sophomore year on with the job hunt and working connections with help from the school

I’ll up and say that this is true at most colleges. Talk to any kid from ivys to wasp, most students say their career services are quite useless. Even at Harvard, most kids learn to case for consulting from upperclassmen.

Also, reaching out to people is how you get the interview offer in the first place. If it’s not your network from choate, then you just email LinkedIn connections from alum for coffee chats.

I’ll also add that this is why consulting and IB clubs became popular. As much as one can speculate, no Bucknell with all this supposed prep isn’t placing people into Wall Street firms at a documented, statistics-backed rate.

What makes Bucknell’s pipeline so strong is the synchrony between career services and the rabid alumni network on The Street. It takes much of the legwork out of landing a front office job at a top firm. Students still need to show up and put in the effort, but if they start early, they can easily secure internships and job offers at graduation without having to play LinkedIn roulette.

^ this - wesleyan has an apathetic alumni base and zero help from athletic department (for athletes) - this was especially disappointing for my kid who was sold on the athletic alumni loyalty and successful careers of recent grads by the coaches during recruiting - let me repeat, zero help. My kid is a grinder and landed a good job, but in hindsight had nothing to do with attending wes - bucknell wouldn’t have been such a better choice

? Beyond bizarre. You wanted a sport to get him a job. And you think Wesleyan is the issue?

Athletes do help each other out. Happens a lot. And Wes kind of is the problem in the sense that they care less about sports there than at other NESCACs.

maybe they shouldn’t? It’s not like throwing a ball or swimming makes you a more agile investment banker.