SLAC then to Wall Street?

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[Post New]09/24/2016 06:58
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Anonymous
Kid is a recruited athlete who will end up at a SLAC. His goal is to work on Wall Street. I hoped to steer him to a larger university with strronger programs in finance. But he would not be able to play at those schools. Is a SLAC to Wall Street dream a pipe dream?
[Post New]09/24/2016 07:31
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Anonymous
My nephew did it from Colby.
[Post New]09/24/2016 07:31
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Anonymous
I went to a NESCAC SLAC, as did my sister and BIL, who both work in finance, as do many of my classmates. There are plenty of students who go from SLACs to Wall Street. It's as well-trod and unimaginative a path as it is from D1 schools.
[Post New]09/24/2016 07:40
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Anonymous wrote:I went to a NESCAC SLAC, as did my sister and BIL, who both work in finance, as do many of my classmates. There are plenty of students who go from SLACs to Wall Street. It's as well-trod and unimaginative a path as it is from D1 schools.


+1 Agree. My brother is an investment banker with a undergrad degree from Carleton. DH also works in finance with an engineering degree from a big state school (and a subsequent MBA). Lots of ways to get to finance, staying there for an entire career and advancing is tough, and those who grit it out into their forties and beyond come from a surprising variety of backgrounds. FWIW, Colgate in another SLAC with good placement into finance.
[Post New]09/24/2016 09:57
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Anonymous wrote:I went to a NESCAC SLAC, as did my sister and BIL, who both work in finance, as do many of my classmates. There are plenty of students who go from SLACs to Wall Street. It's as well-trod and unimaginative a path as it is from D1 schools.


this - nice job raising a boring and utterly derivative bro, op.
[Post New]09/24/2016 10:42
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Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I went to a NESCAC SLAC, as did my sister and BIL, who both work in finance, as do many of my classmates. There are plenty of students who go from SLACs to Wall Street. It's as well-trod and unimaginative a path as it is from D1 schools.


+1 Agree. My brother is an investment banker with a undergrad degree from Carleton. DH also works in finance with an engineering degree from a big state school (and a subsequent MBA). Lots of ways to get to finance, staying there for an entire career and advancing is tough, and those who grit it out into their forties and beyond come from a surprising variety of backgrounds. FWIW, Colgate in another SLAC with good placement into finance.


Interesting, I'm a Carleton alum and IB is not a typical path from Carleton. Glad things have changed a bit. In my MBA program the SLACs that seemed to send the most kids to the IBs were Williams and Middlebury. Hamilton and Colgate also have a lot of kids follow that path.
[Post New]09/24/2016 10:48
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Anonymous
Another +1 re Colgate from an alum. Great network for Wall Street.
[Post New]09/24/2016 11:01
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Anonymous
Any college with rich kids from CT and NY will have Walk Sy connections.
[Post New]09/24/2016 11:29
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Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I went to a NESCAC SLAC, as did my sister and BIL, who both work in finance, as do many of my classmates. There are plenty of students who go from SLACs to Wall Street. It's as well-trod and unimaginative a path as it is from D1 schools.


this - nice job raising a boring and utterly derivative bro, op.


Please grace us, Oh Virtuous One, with the many ways that you are contributing to the well being of mankind. But wait, you are just some schmuck posting on a website on a Friday night. Boring and utterly derivative, indeed.
[Post New]09/24/2016 12:07
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Anonymous
Depends on the SLAC and who recruits on campus and where they have connections. NESCAC, sure. Carleton, yeah.

Across the river from Carleton, much harder though better today than when I was there.
[Post New]09/24/2016 12:14
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Anonymous
Tons of kids from Middlebury go into finance.

I know one from Wesleyan who majored in psych and music and became a BofA VP. He burned out and became an entrepreneur.
[Post New]09/24/2016 13:07
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PaleoConPrep
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I've heard Trinity is good for finance. Why does your son want to work with the sleazy pigs on Wall Street?
[Post New]09/24/2016 13:11
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Anonymous
PaleoConPrep wrote:I've heard Trinity is good for finance. Why does your son want to work with the sleazy pigs on Wall Street?


You're back!

Why do you want to be a sleazy politician? Why do you want to be bought by capitalists?
[Post New]09/24/2016 13:44
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Anonymous
I know lots of people from my SLAC that ended up at Wall Street. The most common careers seemed to be wall street, law school, or publishing/editing.
[Post New]09/24/2016 13:46
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Anonymous
PaleoConPrep wrote:I've heard Trinity is good for finance. Why does your son want to work with the sleazy pigs on Wall Street?


Sleazy pigs like Ted Cruz's wife?
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