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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Sounds like if you want finance/banking/PE/VC or consulting and are at a T20, you get jobs by:

1. Athletic connections - if a recruit
2. Competitive business clubs in undergrad
3. Family connections[/quote]

This is the path for anyone at any school that wants those opportunities.  The difference at say a Wharton is that there are tons of boutique investment banks, small P/E funds, etc. started by Wharton alums that only hire Wharton kids ([b]and the kids of important clients[/b]).  They pay well, but aren't considered the plum Goldman Sachs or Blackstone or Citadel companies, so there are opportunities for lots of kids outside these clubs.

Harvard and Yale and other top schools have equivalent-type firms.

It's actually harder coming from say UMD if you don't have any of the above.[/quote]

Interesting. 
So if my kid is the kid of an important client, should he go through the normal T25 school channels or through connections?[/quote]

This is what MC people, including UMC people, just don't seem to understand. Of course you go through connections. It's all about connections. Certainly Ivy League schools are all about connections. Skill matters very little compared to connections (a modicum of skill is necessary, but not sufficient). But don't believe me, a rando on the internet, believe writer Paul Tough who studied it for years. His book is called The Years That Matter Most: How College Makes or Breaks Us[/quote]

I’m surprised I guess….

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