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Bucknell, The Street, and Pipelines not named Keystone
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Anonymous
This feels very fair |
Anonymous
100% |
Anonymous
I have massive doubts that this is true. Mudd caps their non-Mudd CS majors to a really small amount. It really doesn’t make a lot of sense for a mostly Econ and government school to be graduating software engineers- it would show. |
Anonymous
I hope not! She/ he was a true DCUM legend. Always spirited and always made me smile |
Anonymous
You two completely misunderstood the PP. They were saying the students who might get a boost attending a school like Bucknell are low income. Like most privates the majority of Bucknell students are not low income, not at all. The wealthy cousin would have a similar launch from any number of schools, but also would have aimed higher if possible. |
Anonymous
This perfectly describes my son's Lehigh sendoff as well. (Also in Fairfield Co.) |
Anonymous
Why is that surprising? While BC might be slightly more selective and better known, it doesn’t guarantee stronger outcomes on The Street than Bucknell. Sure, many BC grads end up there, like with most highly ranked schools in the Acela corridor, but there’s no rabid network or established pipeline to make the process easier. You’re mostly on your own, hoping the BC brand opens doors. At Bucknell, on the other hand, alumni take care of each other, especially on The Street. Just like a PP described about W&L, once you’re a Bucknellian, you’re one for life, and there’s always someone in a lofty position eager to push your resume to the top of the stack. Joining a fraternity amplifies this effect, especially if you get a bid to a top-tier house. The bonds simply aren't that strong at BC, where most of the camaraderie revolves around a football team that hasn’t been relevant since the Flutie years. In short, the kid made the right choice. |
Anonymous
Societies turn on individuals for overpromoting their own beliefs beyond the point that the collective considers to be acceptable. This will fade in some months. I am now wondering if other people were trolling by dropping in the "Pipeline to the Street" comments. Just recently. Wall Street and Finance aspirants do tend to have that sharp-elbowed behavior. I saw it in my MBA program. |
Anonymous
OK, there are a lot of odd posts on this topic, but this one is pretty nuts. This poster is citing someone who went to Bucknell literally 50 years ago!!! |
Anonymous
I've noticed there is ignorance and a LOT of misinformation about schools on DCUM. Strong opinions on things that can't be proven. I've known kids to reject Georgetown for Bucknell. Its a good school. And from what I hear on DCUM repeatedly is that it has a: pipeline to the Street. That's all I hear: The Street about this school. Like the rest of the kids are wasting time if they are not going after: The Street. Another school to contrast the misinformation is Vassar - it gets dragged through the mud. Its ranked #12 for LAC and has like a 18% acceptance rate but you'll find comments like "safety school". Who are these people chiming in? and why? DCUM has some good gems of information but a lot of nonsense from very ignorant people are also posted here. |
Anonymous
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Reading through thisv thread, it's clear that very few DCUM readers understand The Street and what qualities are valued most on The Street. I assume this naivete comes from being in a city with no real finance sector.
You can forget the movies you've seen about quant jocks ruling finance, or the memory of math wiz classmates from 20 years ago getting hired on The Street for big money while you got your Kennedy School degree and didn't earn anything other than debt and a special service certificate from some random federal agency. But here's The Street today. No one needs quant jocks because we've got AI and an insane amount of computing power to automate everything. But what's needed is what was valued most by The Street back in the 50s and 60s: relationship building. It's that person to person contact to get clients and make deals for them. And that's where Bucknell excels. You can laugh at getting drunk at fraternity parties six nights a week, but that kind of ability to socialize at such an intense level is the best prep for leadership in today's top forms on The Street. Bucknell is the place to go for this kind of training, and the older brothers will always keep the pipeline flowing for the younger brothers. So if your child likes money (and I do know that some kids don't like money or at least are satisfied with getting a GS 14 paycheck someday), then give Bucknell a good look. He'll be riding through that pipeline to The Street. |
Anonymous
The poster is relaying her background knowledge about the school. I don't see this as a problem |
Anonymous
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Bucknell is a joke and this pipeline crap is just nonsense
Look at the rankings and the results and draw your own conclusions |
Anonymous
I think people make too much of undergrad background and success on Wall Street. You’ve got everything from Ivy leaguers to bucknellians to state u. A smart talented kid will make his or her way regardless. Many people on wall st are foreigners and no one has any idea really about their educational background. I say all this as an Ivy leaguer who has worked for a bucknellian, a low end state u guy, ivy leaguers and foreigners whose education escapes me. It’s definitely helpful to come out of a strong program but not determinative. |
Anonymous
Again, if you want your kid to make serious money, send him to Bucknell. I know making serious money isn't much of a priority for DC parents who think a law firm partnership is as good as it gets. But for kids who want big money, and get it through learning to socialize and network for four years (and have a blast doing it), then Bucknell is the place to be! |