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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Based on faculty scholarship, Lafayette"s economics department places more highly than those of Wall Street and IB feeder schools such as W&L and Bowdoin:

Economics rankings: US Economics Departments at Liberal Arts Colleges | IDEAS/RePEc https://share.google/XGTNcKuouNC8p6aPp[/quote]
Faculty publications do not equate with job placements. This list is meaningless.[/quote]
So you think that a parent of a prospective Lafayette economics major shouldn't — according to, well, you — have the slightest interest in a rigorous analysis of faculty scholarship?[/quote]

Not pp but it’s not relevant.

What’s more relevant is seeing where Lafayette Econ grads end up after school and 5-10+ years down the line

Op’s kid clearly isn’t “locked in” (being 18, isn’t an excuse as there are seniors in hs who have a pretty good understanding of various finance jobs, sectors, firms, teams etc)

Op’s kid is probably a nice chillaxed kid who wants to vibe and work in nyc.

What I’m getting from OP’s description is less “finance” and more “nyc with a salary that can cover my expenses”

As such, OP actually would probably be more useful in helping the kid figure out various pathways to making a nyc post grad lifestyle work vs helping the kid out in assessing “Lafayette Econ scholarship” [/quote]

OP here, and.. mostly yes, thank you! but i do know the current environment- NYC and living in the lower east side with a roommate- will require 6 figure comp out of the gate.  Chillaxed is a good description. Lafayette coach told DC that the alumni network rivals ivies for the sport, but that is the coach marketing end of day![/quote]

Pp here.

1. You don’t need 6 figs out the gate to live with roommates

2. You don’t need to live in Les

3. “Mid” finance jobs suck. Your kid isn’t locked in enough for elite finance jobs but he is an athlete so let him enjoy his Econ major, maybe he goes into marketing/project management/commercial real estate etc

4. He should learn how to bartend…he’ll enjoy his 20s way more in nyc as a former college athlete who now has a part time job bartending (on top of his full time job in something non finance), staying fit meeting girls etc

Where he needs guidance is how to build the nyc life he wants with the attributes he’s strong in

Not try to shoehorn him into a field or job first and then make his nyc dream work out.

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Working 60+ hours/week?![/quote]

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