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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Neither? WASP+Bowdoin +Middlebury are really the only decent lacs[/quote]

I'd add Bucknell.[/quote]
No one else would. It isn’t a prestigious liberal arts college and is in a dump of a town. Maybe great for rich white kids with daddy’s money[/quote]

It may not have quite the intellectual vibe of Wesleyan or Swarthmore, but Bucknell has a far stronger Wall Street pipeline than either (or Lafayette, for that matter). Firms hoover up Bucknell grads for client-facing roles because they tend to have both elite quantitative and problem-solving skills, and preternatural EQ and persuasive ability. Plus the network on The Street is legion, and Bison help Bison.[/quote]
This just remarkably untrue, and both Wesleyan and swarthmore place more (and those numbers are very small) into careers on the street. Can you point to one source that proves otherwise?[/quote]

not the PP, but my kid just graduated from Wes - the school has basically zero career counseling or recruiting on campus, kids basically left to fend for themselves. Couple of kids who got wall street jobs used their deerfield choate andover or laxbro connections.  Coaches and athletic administration do nothing. Conversely, have heard complete oppposite at Bucknell - these kids are on point from sophomore year on with the job hunt and working connections with help from the school [/quote]
I’ll up and say that this is true at most colleges. Talk to any kid from ivys to wasp, most students say their career services are quite useless. Even at Harvard, most kids learn to case for consulting from upperclassmen.

Also, reaching out to people is how you get the interview offer in the first place. If it’s not your network from choate, then you just email LinkedIn connections from alum for coffee chats. [/quote]
I’ll also add that this is why consulting and IB clubs became popular. As much as one can speculate, no Bucknell with all this supposed prep isn’t placing people into Wall Street firms at a documented, statistics-backed rate.[/quote]

What makes Bucknell’s pipeline so strong is the synchrony between career services and the rabid alumni network on The Street. It takes much of the legwork out of landing a front office job at a top firm. Students still need to show up and put in the effort, but if they start early, they can easily secure internships and job offers at graduation without having to play LinkedIn roulette.[/quote]

^ this - wesleyan has an apathetic alumni base and zero help from athletic department (for athletes) - this was especially disappointing for my kid who was sold on the athletic alumni loyalty and successful careers of recent grads by the coaches during recruiting - let me repeat, zero help.  My kid is a grinder and landed a good job, but in hindsight had nothing to do with attending wes - bucknell wouldn’t have been such a better choice [/quote]
? Beyond bizarre. You wanted a sport to get him a job. And you think Wesleyan is the issue?[/quote]

Athletes do help each other out. Happens a lot. And Wes kind of is the problem in the sense that they care less about sports there than at other NESCACs.[/quote] maybe they shouldn’t? It’s not like throwing a ball or swimming makes you a more agile investment banker.[/quote]

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