Anonymous
Post 04/22/2025 20:12     Subject: Students interested in IB/PE
Anonymous wrote:Does anyone follow USNWR ranking of business programs? Georgetown is not ranked high


Top 5 are wharton, haas, Ross, mit and stern!
Anonymous
Post 04/22/2025 20:11     Subject: Students interested in IB/PE
Does anyone follow USNWR ranking of business programs? Georgetown is not ranked high
Anonymous
Post 04/22/2025 09:51     Subject: Students interested in IB/PE
Anonymous wrote:Other than its decidedly non-urban location, Bucknell is a fantastic option. You get the same Wall Street pipeline and elite alumni network as a top NESCAC, but with more attainable admissions (still need to be a top student and the total package). And the college experience is way better. Great academics, great social life, great network. Go to Bucknell, get in good with career services freshman year, rush a top tier fraternity sophomore year, and you’ve basically unlocked a finance cheat code.


He's baaaaaaaack!
Anonymous
Post 04/22/2025 08:18     Subject: Students interested in IB/PE
My kid ED 1 to Upenn cas (economics) and was rejected, we ED 2 to NYU Stern accepted. Kid wants to explore IB /PE for 2 years before heading to either law school or MBA.
Anonymous
Post 04/22/2025 08:03     Subject: Students interested in IB/PE
Anonymous wrote:Can't believe no one has raised it yet.

Bucknell has a PIPELINE to The Street.



This
Anonymous
Post 04/22/2025 06:48     Subject: Students interested in IB/PE
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Looking for recommendations for urban universities with great pathway to IB and PE firms. DC high stats but no major awards or show stopping ECs.

Also, as strategy, what major should we chose, econ, math or straight up business?



Bocconi in Milan
UCL London


Agree. As PP mentioned, add LSE if high stats. These 3 meet the constraints from the OP. Any of these would be a heck of a lot better than some of the “lesser brands” but still good schools mentioned here.


Depends on the “lesser brand.” If it has good career services and established recruiting links—and many of the ones mentioned do—then a kid who wants to end up in the US right after graduation is probably better off at the “lesser brand.” It avoids a lot of the logistical headaches that come with going to school in Europe, unless you are open and able to work there after school.
Anonymous
Post 04/22/2025 01:21     Subject: Students interested in IB/PE
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Looking for recommendations for urban universities with great pathway to IB and PE firms. DC high stats but no major awards or show stopping ECs.

Also, as strategy, what major should we chose, econ, math or straight up business?



Bocconi in Milan
UCL London


Agree. As PP mentioned, add LSE if high stats. These 3 meet the constraints from the OP. Any of these would be a heck of a lot better than some of the “lesser brands” but still good schools mentioned here.
Anonymous
Post 04/22/2025 01:05     Subject: Students interested in IB/PE
Other than its decidedly non-urban location, Bucknell is a fantastic option. You get the same Wall Street pipeline and elite alumni network as a top NESCAC, but with more attainable admissions (still need to be a top student and the total package). And the college experience is way better. Great academics, great social life, great network. Go to Bucknell, get in good with career services freshman year, rush a top tier fraternity sophomore year, and you’ve basically unlocked a finance cheat code.
Anonymous
Post 04/21/2025 23:34     Subject: Students interested in IB/PE
Anonymous wrote:Can't believe no one has raised it yet.

Bucknell has a PIPELINE to The Street.


Do you have any idea what you’ve done? You’ve triggered his keyword monitoring bot and he’s now duty-bound to espouse the greatness of the school that must not be named.
Anonymous
Post 04/21/2025 23:20     Subject: Students interested in IB/PE
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I work in PE and the associates usually come from Acct, Finance and Econ majors though I doubt Math would ever not be a good minor. Pretty much must have a T20 business program which isnt that hard really - IU Kelley has auto admit with pretty low stats (but very compeitive to get into the IB groups once there). Network, grind, and hope for a bit of luck. The job is really soul sucking so make sure you kid is right for that. Our PE owners work 7 days a week and sometimes 15+ hours a day during sales processes - its always the same after multiple firms, multiple exits. If you love it, great. If you dont, the money will not be worth what you give up.


Very helpful, so T20 ranked school in business aren't many? Stern is not T20


Stern is not consistently T20 but it is in NYC with an excellent Finance program. They send lots of grads to Wall St.

You may want to consider Michigan Ross for the alternate path.


Agree with these and also Georgetown. Research some others that also feed into banks through certain programs - IU, BC, maybe Penn State. Note that you may have to weigh the desire for “urban” against the desire for “IB/PE.”
Anonymous
Post 04/21/2025 22:54     Subject: Students interested in IB/PE
UVA grads have gotten a lot of offers the last few years. The clubs are excellent feeders. And internships are easier to get
Anonymous
Post 04/21/2025 22:47     Subject: Students interested in IB/PE
Can't believe no one has raised it yet.

Bucknell has a PIPELINE to The Street.
Anonymous
Post 04/21/2025 22:39     Subject: Students interested in IB/PE
Ok I can’t tell what schools are realistic for you kid but I’ll just speak to recruiting for a minute. There are so, so many investment banks out there beyond the traditional big name bulge brackets (same with PE for that matter)…if he’s a hustler he’ll break in, it just might be with a very small regional bank..you can literally cold call/cold email. That’s ok- better work life balance anyway and it’s possible to lateral (although less likely when the economy sucks and deal volume is down).

And FWIW, I haven’t seen usc Marshall mentioned here but plenty of the bigger name banks recruit there for their LA offices.
Anonymous
Post 04/21/2025 22:30     Subject: Students interested in IB/PE
Anonymous wrote:What sort of high schooler is so sold putting what they want in life? Is this common now?


Answer: anti-intellectual males who spend a lot of time with YouTube (and before that, video games and soccer).

Very common among the checked out Chipotle UMC boys in Bethesda. See also, “fintech”
Anonymous
Post 04/21/2025 21:31     Subject: Students interested in IB/PE
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I work in PE and the associates usually come from Acct, Finance and Econ majors though I doubt Math would ever not be a good minor. Pretty much must have a T20 business program which isnt that hard really - IU Kelley has auto admit with pretty low stats (but very compeitive to get into the IB groups once there). Network, grind, and hope for a bit of luck. The job is really soul sucking so make sure you kid is right for that. Our PE owners work 7 days a week and sometimes 15+ hours a day during sales processes - its always the same after multiple firms, multiple exits. If you love it, great. If you dont, the money will not be worth what you give up.


Very helpful, so T20 ranked school in business aren't many? Stern is not T20


Stern is not consistently T20 but it is in NYC with an excellent Finance program. They send lots of grads to Wall St.

You may want to consider Michigan Ross for the alternate path.