Anonymous
06/05/2025 22:56
Subject: Top Feeders to Tech and Wall Street
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Columbia is the winner for Wall Street by a long shot. They only have about 2,000 grads per year.
Cornell is twice the size.
Really? There at least a dozen schools including three NESCAC LACs which place considerably better than Columbia on a per capita basis.
Data please.
https://www.collegetransitions.com/blog/top-colleges-for-investment-banking-careers/
I hope you don't beileve this. NYU is not that low
It also says Columbia has lower placement than Vanderbilt? College transitions hasn't been a good data source for a while.
I don’t see why Vanderbilt wouldn’t. It has a great Econ/HOD department, and Columbia has a lot of other professional careers it feeds better into.
Then you clearly don't work in finance, that's the furthest thing from true. Columbia is a 10 min walk from wallstreet.
Columbia is almost exactly 10 miles from Wall Street. You must walk really fast.
Though I do agree that if you want to work on Wall Street, Columbia is a great place to go. It is just that unlike DCUM, everyone there is not obsessed with Wall Street. But enough are that it is easy to do.
Honestly would pick Stern over Columbia econ for IB placement. Just prepares you better than econ/math.
Wall Street is split. Half would rather have a plug and play Stern kid. But half would rather have the Columbia kid who has more intellectual horsepower and can be trained the way the bank/fund wants them to think. They might not model as well from day one but their overall critical thinking skills are generally better. I am in the latter category, but understand why others feel differently.
We shouldn't assume stern kids are less qualified than those from Ivies...thier stats are quite comparable and they don't lack critical thinking.
Anonymous
06/05/2025 22:53
Subject: Top Feeders to Tech and Wall Street
Anonymous wrote:Tech:
1. Berkeley, 1041 employed (Google, Amazon, Facebook)
2. Univ. of Illinois, 598 employed (Google, Amazon, Microsoft)
3. UMich, 568 employed (Microsoft, Amazon, Google)
4. Carnegie, 530 employed (google, Microsoft, Facebook)
5. UWash, 511 employed (Microsoft, Amazon, Google)
Top Feeders to Wall Street and investment banking.
1. NYU, 386 employed (morgan Stanley, J.P. Morgan, citi)
2. UMich, 296 employed (Morgan Stanley, J.P. Morgan, Goldman Sachs)
3. Cornell, 279 employed (J.P. Morgan, Goldman Sachs, Bank of America)
4. Columbia, 259 empliyed (Jo Morgan, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley)
5. Berkeley, 233 employed (Morgan Stanley, J.P. Morgan, Goldman Sachs)
What is the source here?
Anonymous
06/05/2025 22:53
Subject: Top Feeders to Tech and Wall Street
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Columbia is the winner for Wall Street by a long shot. They only have about 2,000 grads per year.
Cornell is twice the size.
Really? There at least a dozen schools including three NESCAC LACs which place considerably better than Columbia on a per capita basis.
Data please.
https://www.collegetransitions.com/blog/top-colleges-for-investment-banking-careers/
I hope you don't beileve this. NYU is not that low
It also says Columbia has lower placement than Vanderbilt? College transitions hasn't been a good data source for a while.
I don’t see why Vanderbilt wouldn’t. It has a great Econ/HOD department, and Columbia has a lot of other professional careers it feeds better into.
Then you clearly don't work in finance, that's the furthest thing from true. Columbia is a 10 min walk from wallstreet.
Columbia is almost exactly 10 miles from Wall Street. You must walk really fast.
Though I do agree that if you want to work on Wall Street, Columbia is a great place to go. It is just that unlike DCUM, everyone there is not obsessed with Wall Street. But enough are that it is easy to do.
Honestly would pick Stern over Columbia econ for IB placement. Just prepares you better than econ/math.
Wall Street is split. Half would rather have a plug and play Stern kid. But half would rather have the Columbia kid who has more intellectual horsepower and can be trained the way the bank/fund wants them to think. They might not model as well from day one but their overall critical thinking skills are generally better. I am in the latter category, but understand why others feel differently.
Anonymous
06/05/2025 22:39
Subject: Top Feeders to Tech and Wall Street
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Columbia is the winner for Wall Street by a long shot. They only have about 2,000 grads per year.
Cornell is twice the size.
Really? There at least a dozen schools including three NESCAC LACs which place considerably better than Columbia on a per capita basis.
Data please.
https://www.collegetransitions.com/blog/top-colleges-for-investment-banking-careers/
I hope you don't beileve this. NYU is not that low
It also says Columbia has lower placement than Vanderbilt? College transitions hasn't been a good data source for a while.
I don’t see why Vanderbilt wouldn’t. It has a great Econ/HOD department, and Columbia has a lot of other professional careers it feeds better into.
Then you clearly don't work in finance, that's the furthest thing from true. Columbia is a 10 min walk from wallstreet.
Well, when adjusted for the size of the school, the biggest feeders to IB are:
Chicago
Dartmouth
Princeton
Georgetown
Harvard
Yale
Amherst
Middlebury
Williams
Duke
Penn
Notre Dame
Vanderbilt
Brown
Columbia
SMU
Cornell
Rice
Northwestern
Boston College
Stanford
So yes, Vanderbilt is a bigger feeder than Columbia. Which makes sense. I don't think most students today choose Columbia because they want to go into investment banking. I'm a little surprised by how high Rice is and how low Stanford is - I didn't think anyone at Rice was interested in IB and I would have expected more from Stanford. But I am not at all surprised that SMU ranks so high today.
So, no nyu?
Anonymous
06/05/2025 22:36
Subject: Top Feeders to Tech and Wall Street
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Columbia is the winner for Wall Street by a long shot. They only have about 2,000 grads per year.
Cornell is twice the size.
Really? There at least a dozen schools including three NESCAC LACs which place considerably better than Columbia on a per capita basis.
Data please.
https://www.collegetransitions.com/blog/top-colleges-for-investment-banking-careers/
I hope you don't beileve this. NYU is not that low
It also says Columbia has lower placement than Vanderbilt? College transitions hasn't been a good data source for a while.
I don’t see why Vanderbilt wouldn’t. It has a great Econ/HOD department, and Columbia has a lot of other professional careers it feeds better into.
Then you clearly don't work in finance, that's the furthest thing from true. Columbia is a 10 min walk from wallstreet.
Columbia is almost exactly 10 miles from Wall Street. You must walk really fast.
Though I do agree that if you want to work on Wall Street, Columbia is a great place to go. It is just that unlike DCUM, everyone there is not obsessed with Wall Street. But enough are that it is easy to do.
Honestly would pick Stern over Columbia econ for IB placement. Just prepares you better than econ/math.
Anonymous
06/05/2025 22:03
Subject: Top Feeders to Tech and Wall Street
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I don’t think they mean Wall Street the physical location vs Wall Street as a euphemism for finance/banking/PE.
The Claremont kids are headed to LA and SF more than NYC working in those industries.
This is just a wrong assumption. More CMC students in the past 3 years went to NYC than LA: https://www.cmc.edu/institutional-research/factbook/outcomes-6months
A lot of 5C students are from New York/Boston and intend to go back home.
Well there are more headed to LA plus San Francisco than NYC based on your chart…which is literally what I wrote (and NYC exceeded LA by one kid).
Anonymous
06/05/2025 21:07
Subject: Top Feeders to Tech and Wall Street
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Columbia is the winner for Wall Street by a long shot. They only have about 2,000 grads per year.
Cornell is twice the size.
Really? There at least a dozen schools including three NESCAC LACs which place considerably better than Columbia on a per capita basis.
Data please.
https://www.collegetransitions.com/blog/top-colleges-for-investment-banking-careers/
I hope you don't beileve this. NYU is not that low
It also says Columbia has lower placement than Vanderbilt? College transitions hasn't been a good data source for a while.
I don’t see why Vanderbilt wouldn’t. It has a great Econ/HOD department, and Columbia has a lot of other professional careers it feeds better into.
Then you clearly don't work in finance, that's the furthest thing from true. Columbia is a 10 min walk from wallstreet.
Well, when adjusted for the size of the school, the biggest feeders to IB are:
Chicago
Dartmouth
Princeton
Georgetown
Harvard
Yale
Amherst
Middlebury
Williams
Duke
Penn
Notre Dame
Vanderbilt
Brown
Columbia
SMU
Cornell
Rice
Northwestern
Boston College
Stanford
So yes, Vanderbilt is a bigger feeder than Columbia. Which makes sense. I don't think most students today choose Columbia because they want to go into investment banking. I'm a little surprised by how high Rice is and how low Stanford is - I didn't think anyone at Rice was interested in IB and I would have expected more from Stanford. But I am not at all surprised that SMU ranks so high today.
Anonymous
06/05/2025 20:34
Subject: Top Feeders to Tech and Wall Street
Anonymous wrote:I don’t think they mean Wall Street the physical location vs Wall Street as a euphemism for finance/banking/PE.
The Claremont kids are headed to LA and SF more than NYC working in those industries.
This is just a wrong assumption. More CMC students in the past 3 years went to NYC than LA: https://www.cmc.edu/institutional-research/factbook/outcomes-6months
A lot of 5C students are from New York/Boston and intend to go back home.
Anonymous
06/05/2025 20:17
Subject: Top Feeders to Tech and Wall Street
I don’t think they mean Wall Street the physical location vs Wall Street as a euphemism for finance/banking/PE.
The Claremont kids are headed to LA and SF more than NYC working in those industries.
The Claremont kids are headed to LA and SF more than NYC working in those industries.
Anonymous
06/05/2025 19:57
Subject: Top Feeders to Tech and Wall Street
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Columbia is the winner for Wall Street by a long shot. They only have about 2,000 grads per year.
Cornell is twice the size.
Really? There at least a dozen schools including three NESCAC LACs which place considerably better than Columbia on a per capita basis.
Data please.
https://www.collegetransitions.com/blog/top-colleges-for-investment-banking-careers/
I hope you don't beileve this. NYU is not that low
It also says Columbia has lower placement than Vanderbilt? College transitions hasn't been a good data source for a while.
I don’t see why Vanderbilt wouldn’t. It has a great Econ/HOD department, and Columbia has a lot of other professional careers it feeds better into.
Then you clearly don't work in finance, that's the furthest thing from true. Columbia is a 10 min walk from wallstreet.
Columbia is almost exactly 10 miles from Wall Street. You must walk really fast.
Though I do agree that if you want to work on Wall Street, Columbia is a great place to go. It is just that unlike DCUM, everyone there is not obsessed with Wall Street. But enough are that it is easy to do.
Agreed. I was trying to draw the mental map of going from Harlem to Wall Street in 10 minutes and just started audibly laughing. People here are quite funny.
Yes. Because it was likely posted by someone who lives in Leesburg, not on West 114th Street.
Anonymous
06/05/2025 19:51
Subject: Top Feeders to Tech and Wall Street
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Columbia is the winner for Wall Street by a long shot. They only have about 2,000 grads per year.
Cornell is twice the size.
Really? There at least a dozen schools including three NESCAC LACs which place considerably better than Columbia on a per capita basis.
Data please.
https://www.collegetransitions.com/blog/top-colleges-for-investment-banking-careers/
I hope you don't beileve this. NYU is not that low
It also says Columbia has lower placement than Vanderbilt? College transitions hasn't been a good data source for a while.
I don’t see why Vanderbilt wouldn’t. It has a great Econ/HOD department, and Columbia has a lot of other professional careers it feeds better into.
Then you clearly don't work in finance, that's the furthest thing from true. Columbia is a 10 min walk from wallstreet.
Columbia is almost exactly 10 miles from Wall Street. You must walk really fast.
Though I do agree that if you want to work on Wall Street, Columbia is a great place to go. It is just that unlike DCUM, everyone there is not obsessed with Wall Street. But enough are that it is easy to do.
Agreed. I was trying to draw the mental map of going from Harlem to Wall Street in 10 minutes and just started audibly laughing. People here are quite funny.
Anonymous
06/05/2025 19:47
Subject: Top Feeders to Tech and Wall Street
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Columbia is the winner for Wall Street by a long shot. They only have about 2,000 grads per year.
Cornell is twice the size.
Really? There at least a dozen schools including three NESCAC LACs which place considerably better than Columbia on a per capita basis.
Data please.
https://www.collegetransitions.com/blog/top-colleges-for-investment-banking-careers/
I hope you don't beileve this. NYU is not that low
It also says Columbia has lower placement than Vanderbilt? College transitions hasn't been a good data source for a while.
I don’t see why Vanderbilt wouldn’t. It has a great Econ/HOD department, and Columbia has a lot of other professional careers it feeds better into.
Then you clearly don't work in finance, that's the furthest thing from true. Columbia is a 10 min walk from wallstreet.
Columbia is almost exactly 10 miles from Wall Street. You must walk really fast.
Though I do agree that if you want to work on Wall Street, Columbia is a great place to go. It is just that unlike DCUM, everyone there is not obsessed with Wall Street. But enough are that it is easy to do.
Anonymous
06/05/2025 19:32
Subject: Top Feeders to Tech and Wall Street
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Columbia is the winner for Wall Street by a long shot. They only have about 2,000 grads per year.
Cornell is twice the size.
Really? There at least a dozen schools including three NESCAC LACs which place considerably better than Columbia on a per capita basis.
Data please.
https://www.collegetransitions.com/blog/top-colleges-for-investment-banking-careers/
I hope you don't beileve this. NYU is not that low
It also says Columbia has lower placement than Vanderbilt? College transitions hasn't been a good data source for a while.
I don’t see why Vanderbilt wouldn’t. It has a great Econ/HOD department, and Columbia has a lot of other professional careers it feeds better into.
Then you clearly don't work in finance, that's the furthest thing from true. Columbia is a 10 min walk from wallstreet.
And the way that just doesn’t have anything to do with what I said. Claremont McKenna is 1000s of miles away from Wall Street and look at that…it scores pretty damn well for getting kids into Wall Street.
Columbia has amazing public health, medical school, engineering and social sciences departments. You know who’s not far from wall street? The New school. Don’t see them vaulted anywhere. Also Morningside heights is not that close to Wall Street, bud.
Anonymous
06/05/2025 17:39
Subject: Top Feeders to Tech and Wall Street
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Columbia is the winner for Wall Street by a long shot. They only have about 2,000 grads per year.
Cornell is twice the size.
Really? There at least a dozen schools including three NESCAC LACs which place considerably better than Columbia on a per capita basis.
Data please.
https://www.collegetransitions.com/blog/top-colleges-for-investment-banking-careers/
I hope you don't beileve this. NYU is not that low
It also says Columbia has lower placement than Vanderbilt? College transitions hasn't been a good data source for a while.
I don’t see why Vanderbilt wouldn’t. It has a great Econ/HOD department, and Columbia has a lot of other professional careers it feeds better into.
Then you clearly don't work in finance, that's the furthest thing from true. Columbia is a 10 min walk from wallstreet.
Anonymous
06/05/2025 17:06
Subject: Top Feeders to Tech and Wall Street
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Columbia is the winner for Wall Street by a long shot. They only have about 2,000 grads per year.
Cornell is twice the size.
Really? There at least a dozen schools including three NESCAC LACs which place considerably better than Columbia on a per capita basis.
Data please.
https://www.collegetransitions.com/blog/top-colleges-for-investment-banking-careers/
I hope you don't beileve this. NYU is not that low
It also says Columbia has lower placement than Vanderbilt? College transitions hasn't been a good data source for a while.
I don’t see why Vanderbilt wouldn’t. It has a great Econ/HOD department, and Columbia has a lot of other professional careers it feeds better into.