Anonymous
Post 06/10/2025 10:17     Subject: NESCAC Finance Job Placement
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Bucknell clears all of the NESCAC except W and A. Don't fret that it's not quite as selective as some of the others and the test score ranges are a little lower. It's all about the network and alumni representation in high places on The Street. Bison hire Bison.

Why does someone constantly post this? I worked at two of the top banks for years, and neither recruited at Bucknell. I can’t think of a single bucknell grad even being interviewed. Stop posting this nonsense. Whatever stats they use must be padded w/ back office hires or satellite offices of wealth management, and they’re likely counting it as banking.


Even if a firm doesn't physically recruit on Bucknell's campus, they're still recruiting Bucknell grads and soon-to-be-grads through more informal channels like the Greek system. Most top-tier fraternity men at Bucknell end up in Wall Street front offices, and once they get seasoned and have some pull within the firm, they recruit new blood from their alma mater (and specifically from their Greek house). Those kinds of bonds are unlike anything that forms at most NESCAC schools and they're the reason Bucknell punches so far above its weight in IB and MC.

This is just not true. I’m the PP and worked on wall st for years. I was involved in IB recruiting for summer analaysts and associates for my groups and don’t think I ever saw a bucknell resume pass through and definitely never worked with anyone from there. Over the course of years, that involved hundreds of deals. I’d love to know which firm has this mystical bucknell fraternity bond and pipeline?


Goldman, BR, and TD, to name a few. It also places decently at JPM. The Bucknell BSBA is basically pre-orientation for Wall Street.
Anonymous
Post 06/10/2025 09:24     Subject: NESCAC Finance Job Placement
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Bucknell clears all of the NESCAC except W and A. Don't fret that it's not quite as selective as some of the others and the test score ranges are a little lower. It's all about the network and alumni representation in high places on The Street. Bison hire Bison.

Why does someone constantly post this? I worked at two of the top banks for years, and neither recruited at Bucknell. I can’t think of a single bucknell grad even being interviewed. Stop posting this nonsense. Whatever stats they use must be padded w/ back office hires or satellite offices of wealth management, and they’re likely counting it as banking.


Even if a firm doesn't physically recruit on Bucknell's campus, they're still recruiting Bucknell grads and soon-to-be-grads through more informal channels like the Greek system. Most top-tier fraternity men at Bucknell end up in Wall Street front offices, and once they get seasoned and have some pull within the firm, they recruit new blood from their alma mater (and specifically from their Greek house). Those kinds of bonds are unlike anything that forms at most NESCAC schools and they're the reason Bucknell punches so far above its weight in IB and MC.

This is just not true. I’m the PP and worked on wall st for years. I was involved in IB recruiting for summer analaysts and associates for my groups and don’t think I ever saw a bucknell resume pass through and definitely never worked with anyone from there. Over the course of years, that involved hundreds of deals. I’d love to know which firm has this mystical bucknell fraternity bond and pipeline?
Anonymous
Post 06/10/2025 09:18     Subject: NESCAC Finance Job Placement
Anonymous wrote:The petty infighting and posturing amongst SLACs on this board says a lot about the schools and their students/alumni.



Like that doesn't also happen amongst National Universities SHIT
Anonymous
Post 06/10/2025 07:51     Subject: NESCAC Finance Job Placement
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:The petty infighting and posturing amongst SLACs on this board says a lot about the schools and their students/alumni.



Lol this.


Go Ephs but I also love the other NESCAC’s. Once you leave New England/NY, we’re all the same and no one has heard of our schools.
Anonymous
Post 06/10/2025 07:51     Subject: NESCAC Finance Job Placement
Anonymous wrote:The petty infighting and posturing amongst SLACs on this board says a lot about the schools and their students/alumni.



Agree.

In discussions about undergraduate research, I always lol at the LAC folks who assert that LACS dominate National Universities in this area (which, of course, is totally inaccurate).
Anonymous
Post 06/10/2025 07:14     Subject: NESCAC Finance Job Placement
Anonymous wrote:The petty infighting and posturing amongst SLACs on this board says a lot about the schools and their students/alumni.



Lol this.
Anonymous
Post 06/10/2025 07:11     Subject: NESCAC Finance Job Placement
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Bucknell clears all of the NESCAC except W and A. Don't fret that it's not quite as selective as some of the others and the test score ranges are a little lower. It's all about the network and alumni representation in high places on The Street. Bison hire Bison.

Why does someone constantly post this? I worked at two of the top banks for years, and neither recruited at Bucknell. I can’t think of a single bucknell grad even being interviewed. Stop posting this nonsense. Whatever stats they use must be padded w/ back office hires or satellite offices of wealth management, and they’re likely counting it as banking.


+1. Bucknell is actually quite transparent about its grads and where they end up. For the class of 2023, about 20 of them out of 846 ended up with jobs that were either IB analyst or some variation that would still count as IB (sales or trading, research, etc). So just a little over 2%. And that includes some lower tier banks like M&T.

And very little MC placement. No MBB, and most of the big 4 placement is for audit. Which is fine. But no need to overstate it.
Anonymous
Post 06/10/2025 04:40     Subject: NESCAC Finance Job Placement
The petty infighting and posturing amongst SLACs on this board says a lot about the schools and their students/alumni.

Anonymous
Post 06/10/2025 01:23     Subject: NESCAC Finance Job Placement
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Bucknell clears all of the NESCAC except W and A. Don't fret that it's not quite as selective as some of the others and the test score ranges are a little lower. It's all about the network and alumni representation in high places on The Street. Bison hire Bison.

Why does someone constantly post this? I worked at two of the top banks for years, and neither recruited at Bucknell. I can’t think of a single bucknell grad even being interviewed. Stop posting this nonsense. Whatever stats they use must be padded w/ back office hires or satellite offices of wealth management, and they’re likely counting it as banking.


Even if a firm doesn't physically recruit on Bucknell's campus, they're still recruiting Bucknell grads and soon-to-be-grads through more informal channels like the Greek system. Most top-tier fraternity men at Bucknell end up in Wall Street front offices, and once they get seasoned and have some pull within the firm, they recruit new blood from their alma mater (and specifically from their Greek house). Those kinds of bonds are unlike anything that forms at most NESCAC schools and they're the reason Bucknell punches so far above its weight in IB and MC.


But it doesn’t and you know it. Why do you keep pushing this nonsense.
Anonymous
Post 06/10/2025 00:51     Subject: NESCAC Finance Job Placement
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Bucknell clears all of the NESCAC except W and A. Don't fret that it's not quite as selective as some of the others and the test score ranges are a little lower. It's all about the network and alumni representation in high places on The Street. Bison hire Bison.

Why does someone constantly post this? I worked at two of the top banks for years, and neither recruited at Bucknell. I can’t think of a single bucknell grad even being interviewed. Stop posting this nonsense. Whatever stats they use must be padded w/ back office hires or satellite offices of wealth management, and they’re likely counting it as banking.


Even if a firm doesn't physically recruit on Bucknell's campus, they're still recruiting Bucknell grads and soon-to-be-grads through more informal channels like the Greek system. Most top-tier fraternity men at Bucknell end up in Wall Street front offices, and once they get seasoned and have some pull within the firm, they recruit new blood from their alma mater (and specifically from their Greek house). Those kinds of bonds are unlike anything that forms at most NESCAC schools and they're the reason Bucknell punches so far above its weight in IB and MC.

When analyzed, Bucknell does not appear as a prominent feeder school to Wall Street and IB:

https://www.collegetransitions.com/dataverse/top-feeders-banking
Anonymous
Post 06/10/2025 00:17     Subject: NESCAC Finance Job Placement
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Bucknell clears all of the NESCAC except W and A. Don't fret that it's not quite as selective as some of the others and the test score ranges are a little lower. It's all about the network and alumni representation in high places on The Street. Bison hire Bison.

Why does someone constantly post this? I worked at two of the top banks for years, and neither recruited at Bucknell. I can’t think of a single bucknell grad even being interviewed. Stop posting this nonsense. Whatever stats they use must be padded w/ back office hires or satellite offices of wealth management, and they’re likely counting it as banking.


Even if a firm doesn't physically recruit on Bucknell's campus, they're still recruiting Bucknell grads and soon-to-be-grads through more informal channels like the Greek system. Most top-tier fraternity men at Bucknell end up in Wall Street front offices, and once they get seasoned and have some pull within the firm, they recruit new blood from their alma mater (and specifically from their Greek house). Those kinds of bonds are unlike anything that forms at most NESCAC schools and they're the reason Bucknell punches so far above its weight in IB and MC.
Anonymous
Post 06/09/2025 23:53     Subject: NESCAC Finance Job Placement
Anonymous wrote:Bucknell clears all of the NESCAC except W and A. Don't fret that it's not quite as selective as some of the others and the test score ranges are a little lower. It's all about the network and alumni representation in high places on The Street. Bison hire Bison.

Why does someone constantly post this? I worked at two of the top banks for years, and neither recruited at Bucknell. I can’t think of a single bucknell grad even being interviewed. Stop posting this nonsense. Whatever stats they use must be padded w/ back office hires or satellite offices of wealth management, and they’re likely counting it as banking.
Anonymous
Post 06/09/2025 22:25     Subject: NESCAC Finance Job Placement
Anonymous wrote:It seems like most who place into finance are athletes, specifically lacrosse and football players. This may be because there’s some internal network, but I also think it’s because they are the only ones who want to go into finance. At DDs NESCAC, most non athletes want to go to grad school or some non profit role.


This is laughable and does not match my experience. You must be using the term “finance” very loosely.
Anonymous
Post 06/09/2025 22:17     Subject: NESCAC Finance Job Placement
This site of Wall Street feeders includes Amherst, Williams, Middlebury, Hamilton and Bowdoin:

https://www.collegetransitions.com/dataverse/top-feeders-banking
Anonymous
Post 06/09/2025 18:23     Subject: NESCAC Finance Job Placement
Anonymous wrote:Midd ranked 19th, Williams1, Amherst2 and Bowdoin 5. Based on that gap Midd is close to Trinity 36th.












You are really high on copium. People are having an actual conversation here.