Any Investment Banking or Private Equity professionals?
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Anonymous
I also work on Wall Street and agree with this. If one does well at almost any of these schools, and can demonstrate grit and is a hard worker, they will have a good shot at breaking into the industry. I’ve personally found NYU kids (not necessarily always from Stern) are scrappy and willing to hustle a bit more - ie being in the city can do internships year round etc. But we’ve hired from schools across the board |
Anonymous
| Usc absolutely UT are too high. |
Anonymous
+1 NYU shouldbe in top tier. Georgetown should be higher--does better than Northwestern, but Northwestern is strong for MC (consulting). In order to have a choice of prime job offers from NU, it is best to be in one of the two or three programs at Northwestern which require high level math skills. |
Anonymous
| Odd… I hear White Lotus music as I read this thread. |
Anonymous
I'm not in PE or IB, but I'm an executive at a corporate and work with them often. For IB, it's hard because you're always working. You're constantly pitching (if you're more experienced) or building models, endlessly revising decks, etc. (if you're junior). You're working with the companies you're trying to sell, you're pitching those companies to buyers, you're on the calls between your companies and your buyers, etc. And you travel a lot, do a lot of meetings in person (even if junior), so you're doing all of this spreadsheet and deck work at night. It's just time consuming, not necessarily extremely difficult, but it takes hours. For PE, you're doing much of the same, with slight changes as you're on the buyside. More time with models and less with PPTs, more time working with companies you own/invest in, etc. Which of these you prefer probably depends on personality. If you want to be in sales, being in IB is a good option given the relatively interesting work, high dollar deals and compensation. But hours are intense. To the questions specifically about PE vs. BigLaw, I'm not sure, but I think PE is typically fewer hours than IB as you get older. |
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Cas students in Econ, math cs majors interview along with Wharton students. I have always noticed UPenn students interview very well. Tend to be very business we’ll read and more the cnbc type.
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Anonymous
Yea, D1 athletes, especially women are snatched up. They are disciplined, can handle pressure and aren’t cry babies. |
Anonymous
The hours for PE are going to be long like BigLaw, but I think there is a major psychological difference in the jobs. At BigLaw, you are always working for someone else (the client), while PE in theory works for their LPs, but essentially they work for themselves. You don't have CALPERs calling you every week yelling at you about your latest transaction vs. clients that may treat you like dirt. Perhaps some of these major plaintiff law firms are more akin to PE. They essentially fund their own lawsuits against Big Tobacco and then look for massive settlements. Sure, there may be a "client"...but it's really the law firm making a financial investment in the lawsuit. |
Anonymous
Move Northwestern down to 2.5. Move USC and UT down to 3. Move Northeastern down to 5. Move UCLA down to 4, Move UNC up to 3, Move Williams up to 2.5, Move Middlebury up to 2.5, Move CMC up to 3. add Gatech to 6. |
Anonymous
Ugh but you would have to go to BYU. |
Anonymous
D3 Athletes, especially from the NESCAC are very successful based on the data. They also have the academic chops to succeed. I would be interested in knowing how many from Ivies and other targets are athletes. |