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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I started out my career at Morgan Stanley in the late 1980's with a group of 55 other analysts.  All of the analysts in my class were extremely strong college students from competitive colleges (The Ivies, MIT, Stanford, Northwestern as well as many from SLACs and the most selective state schools, like UVA / UMichigan / Cal), and most were leaders on their college campuses in some capacity.  They were rarely from gilded backgrounds:  Harvard hockey captain from a farm near Calgary, biochemist lacrosse player from Syracuse.  Here is what this group is doing 30 years later:

2 are presidents of non-profits
10 are CEOs or CFOs of companies
5 are retired entrepreneurs
10 are in private equity or venture capital
5 are wealthy hedge fund managers
3 or 4 are in government - Treasury, Department of Energy, White House
A bunch are lawyers, from corporate to public interest
Several are teachers
A bunch are happy stay-at-home parents
Only a handful are still investment bankers

The intensity and rigor of IB provides great training for many, many future professions.  And if you can make a few bucks and pay off your student debt while you are growing into who you want to be, no harm.
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I can't believe you keep up with your analyst class this closely.  I'm 20 plus years younger than you are and I maybe know what two people are up to.  [/quote]

We have reunions.  I forgot to mention that the professional network has been invaluable.  [/quote]

Princeton? R[b]eunions there are a little off the hook[/b]...[/quote]

Huh?[/quote]

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