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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]^ I've met almost no Ivy League-educated accountants.[/quote]

There's no accounting major at most of those schools.[/quote]

There aren't business majors at most Ivy League schools.  So what?[/quote]

Big Consulting Firms and Investment Banks often hire graduates from Ivies , Stanford, and Williams and Amherst, who major in  math, history or economics rather than business majors from good large universities.  This is based somewhat on the notion that they prefer someone with a better overall education ( which the cannot replicate) and can teach them the business skills they need to know. But part of it is the power of alumni bias and class prejudice.[/quote]

This is true from my experience in NY.  I got tons of interviews from investment banks/wall street and white shoe law firms with a BA in English after graduation.  All my co-workers were econ, politics or liberal arts majors from Ivies or top 20 schools. Did not meet any business undergrads.[/quote]

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