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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]"BS...there are a hell of a lot more UVA grads in front office wall-street positions or strategy consulting positions than UW-Madison alums."

Uh, and this is supposed to be a good thing?

In my career, I have worked with a number Wall Street bankers and strategy consultants and have come to the conclusion that if they are supposed to be Masters of the Universe, it must be of some incredibly small, make-believe one.  Each time, I'm impressed less and less with their "insight" and advice.  Not much added value.   However, they are very good at putting together project schedules and PowerPoints.  One reason why this country has been on the skids for some time is that we produce many more self-styled "financial engineers" than engineers.[/quote]

This may be true, but a kid can go to either UW or UVA and yet not end up in finance or consulting.[/quote]

of course, that's the case even if you go to Harvard, princeton or wharton but if you want maximize your chances at those options then it behooves you to know which schools have stronger recruiting and pipelines or these programs.

and to be honest finance and strat consulting popularity and strength is less about the actual job as it is the exit options.

if you want to work in corp dev (internal m&a), corp strat, etc in industry (any industry) the teams that get some of the highest visibility to the c-suite at a relatively young age then top finance and consulting really helps. It can knock years off the normal grind/progression in your career.

that's why it is a 'good thing'. these jobs provide a different level of 'access' to certain industry side jobs that happen to have interesting work, high visibility, and incubators of future leaders.  [/quote]

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