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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]*cough*lacrosse*cough* at many of these schools

And other non Olympic sports at these particular schools[/quote]

Yes, Wall Street loves the sports bros—they have a team spirit and willingness to sacrifice for the cause that translates well to business. [/quote]

I worked on wall st in investment banking for years. Don’t underestimate the sports hires. We looked for analysts who were used to juggling multiple things at once and had good stamina. The competitive sports kids had balanced school and sports for years. They generally had no problem working really long hours at work and managing their personal lives without bringing baggage to work. You’d be shocked at the number of 4.0 grads who fizzled bc they were incapable of working in the real world and managing multiple things. I always dreaded seeing this profile of new analyst in my group. Most didn’t even last the first 2 years. The recent grads who had played sports or who had mediocre grades but great personal skills were fought over.

I went to a school on this list but will add there were always surprising feeder schools to the various banks solely bc someone senior at that bank had graduated from there. We could host recruiting dinners at our alma maters and push for summer interns from our schools, so you can see how some schools with lesser reputations ended up with disproportionate numbers of grads hired. [/quote]

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