Anonymous
Post 12/01/2025 11:21     Subject: Art history major and wall street
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:When we toured Emory we had a tour guide who was an incoming analyst at GS as an art major.
She was one of the most charismatic young people I've ever been around as well as being gorgeous. By the end of that tour my daughter wanted to be her, my son wanted to date her and we all wanted to attend Emory. My kids still talk about her and it's 2 years later. I can see why GS was willing to invest in training her.


Someone like this is a better fit for and more likely to get hired by something like GS Private Wealth Management. They are also known as "Incoming Analysts."

This is it! A lot of people lie about going into IB for prestige, but they’re really adjacent or not even in the industry.


Same with all the people who go into "Private Equity" but are really in Investor Relations.
Anonymous
Post 12/01/2025 11:18     Subject: Art history major and wall street
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I was an art history major from a state college (not the flagship one), and I got into management consulting!

how long ago did you graduate?


Also which "management consulting" firm?
Anonymous
Post 12/01/2025 11:14     Subject: Art history major and wall street
Anonymous wrote:I was an art history major from a state college (not the flagship one), and I got into management consulting!

how long ago did you graduate?
Anonymous
Post 12/01/2025 11:12     Subject: Art history major and wall street
KKR recruits from Harvard men’s lacrosse.
The more you know….
Anonymous
Post 12/01/2025 11:10     Subject: Art history major and wall street
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:When we toured Emory we had a tour guide who was an incoming analyst at GS as an art major.
She was one of the most charismatic young people I've ever been around as well as being gorgeous. By the end of that tour my daughter wanted to be her, my son wanted to date her and we all wanted to attend Emory. My kids still talk about her and it's 2 years later. I can see why GS was willing to invest in training her.


Someone like this is a better fit for and more likely to get hired by something like GS Private Wealth Management. They are also known as "Incoming Analysts."

This is it! A lot of people lie about going into IB for prestige, but they’re really adjacent or not even in the industry.
Anonymous
Post 12/01/2025 11:10     Subject: Art history major and wall street
My biggest mistake was majoring in Applied Math at Harvard. Would have been much better to go to Bucknell and major in Art History.
Anonymous
Post 12/01/2025 11:09     Subject: Art history major and wall street
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:No skin in the game yet but how does one set up a coffee chat? And what does coffee chat mean?

How else do you network?
Cold emails or always through a connection from parent or otherwise?

I’m in a field where networking isn’t the name of the game so curious how this works.


A lot of students who wants to go into IB have no family connections or is a non-varsity athlete. In that case you will have to send cold emails or anyone you know from the past who is in IB. You will most likely have to send hundreds of these Linkedin chat invites just to get 1 coffee chat. These coffee chats are short interviews and a chance for you to ask questions and make a good impression. The goal is to get enough support from analysts at the company to offer you an interview when you submit your application during the recruiting cycle.


Or you figure out where your fraternity of sorority places well, reach out to get those alumni for feedback /positive support and then boom.

See which frats feed into which IB. Def true at Cornell.
Anonymous
Post 12/01/2025 11:07     Subject: Art history major and wall street
Anonymous wrote:You can absolutely do this at schools like Bucknell and Colgate that have strong Wall Street connections through their Greek systems and career services. It's less about your major and much more about being plugged into the right network.


Cornell too.
Half of CALS and Nolan (hospitality) go to Wall Street.
Anonymous
Post 12/01/2025 10:36     Subject: Art history major and wall street
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:You can absolutely do this at schools like Bucknell and Colgate that have strong Wall Street connections through their Greek systems and career services. It's less about your major and much more about being plugged into the right network.

Bucknell hardly has any IB recruitment. Be for real. It’s a b tier school that no one cares about


This is complete nonsense. Wall Street can feel like a Bucknell alumni club at times.


I think the Bucknell booster is my favorite DCUM troll.
Anonymous
Post 12/01/2025 10:34     Subject: Art history major and wall street
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:You can absolutely do this at schools like Bucknell and Colgate that have strong Wall Street connections through their Greek systems and career services. It's less about your major and much more about being plugged into the right network.

Bucknell hardly has any IB recruitment. Be for real. It’s a b tier school that no one cares about


This is complete nonsense. Wall Street can feel like a Bucknell alumni club at times.
Anonymous
Post 12/01/2025 10:25     Subject: Art history major and wall street
Anonymous wrote:My IB does not hire art history majors without MBAs from top schools. Full stop. If a student wants to go into finance, a double major makes a lot more sense.


This is what all of the posters omit. Most of the 'Art History' majors who head on to IB have a second major in something else as well.
Anonymous
Post 12/01/2025 10:22     Subject: Art history major and wall street
Bond trader. Ivy history major. Athlete.
Anonymous
Post 12/01/2025 10:19     Subject: Art history major and wall street
Anonymous wrote:My IB does not hire art history majors without MBAs from top schools. Full stop. If a student wants to go into finance, a double major makes a lot more sense.


My consulting firm also did not hire these people, unless they had a double major or they got a master's in something relevant (but if they had no work experience and a master's degree, they would come in as a first-year).
Anonymous
Post 12/01/2025 10:17     Subject: Art history major and wall street
Anonymous wrote:When we toured Emory we had a tour guide who was an incoming analyst at GS as an art major.
She was one of the most charismatic young people I've ever been around as well as being gorgeous. By the end of that tour my daughter wanted to be her, my son wanted to date her and we all wanted to attend Emory. My kids still talk about her and it's 2 years later. I can see why GS was willing to invest in training her.


Someone like this is a better fit for and more likely to get hired by something like GS Private Wealth Management. They are also known as "Incoming Analysts."
Anonymous
Post 12/01/2025 10:15     Subject: Art history major and wall street
My IB does not hire art history majors without MBAs from top schools. Full stop. If a student wants to go into finance, a double major makes a lot more sense.