UChicago, Cornell, Holy Cross, Johns Hopkins, or Williams for Wall Street?banjibAugust 20, 2020 - 4:12pm
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I’m a recruited athlete who’s trying to decide between these schools. I definitely want to work on Wall Street after graduation but also want a good experience as an athlete. Of course I would want to go to a D1 like Holy Cross or Cornell, but I know schools like Uchicago and Williams are better for IB. Could I get a ranking for them? And your guy’s opinions on them for Wall Street?
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1) UChicago
2) Cornell
3) JHU
4) Williams
5) Holy Cross
With wanting Wall St and D1, I would choose Cornell.
I would agree with this. I was being recruited by UChicago and I decided to go somewhere else because it wouldn't have been a good fit for me. Biggest thing for you is to choose the place you will fit in the most, be able to have a good time, and succeed. Not sure how well Holy Cross does with placing kids on Wall St, but all the other schools you listed are really good and as long as you get good grades, network, and aren't weird, you shouldn't have any problem making it.
Wouldn’t say Chicago is better than Cornell for Wall Street, especially if you were recruited for AEM (which there are a lot of athletes in).
tf is holy cross
UChicago, Cornell, Hopkins, and Williams are certainly feasible and "relatively" easy (meaning strong campus recruitment from all major banks) when it comes to getting an IB job. Holy Cross is still doable but certainly less common on the street than the aforementioned group. I would definitely consider fit first and foremost at those four schools because they are all very different. But if you're indifferent among that group of four, UChicago has phenomenal placement across the board, Cornell probably sends the most on a raw quantity basis (largest school), Williams probably sends the most on a per-capita basis (notoriously tight-knit alumni network), and Hopkins similar to Williams in that regard. All in all, you have some very good options and IB is very doable.
Williams athletes kill it - just check the school's alumni on linkedin
I was recruited to almost of all these plus a handful of other programs. Ended up turning down UChicago because it's D3 and Cornell because although it was D1, my alma mater was better for my sport (and still D1) and comparable academically. Looking back, if I wanted to pursue IB as my primary goal, my school, Cornell, and UChicago all would've been more or less equal for IB so I still would have chosen based on fit (and I didn't recruit for IB or know what it was in UG).
UChicago is not as big of a target for NY as it is made out to be on this forum. Solid placement for Chi, but Cornell will be better for NY, especially with DI sports.
Clearly written by a cornell undergraduate. No way in hell someone would go to Cornell if they had the choice between those schools. Unless A) you’re an athlete and want D1 or B) you’re unsure if you can handle uchicago’s intensity
Pretty sure Cornell is just as academically intense if not more so given that a lot of kids commit suicide from the stress lol. There is varying degrees of grade inflation depending on your major, but it’s actually quite high to have a 2.9 or 3.0 in engineering at Cornell, for example.
The prospect above me doesn't know what he's talking about, probably because he's a prospect.
I'm an alum – UChicago career services sucks, but you probably won't need the help – network with alumni (they're everywhere you want to be and very responsive, including Booth alumni) and show some interest by joining one of the finance clubs (blue chips, UIBG, akpsi are all good options) and you'll be fine.
The school is a target for every BB in NY (except for Barclays for some reason, but we still place a few kids there) as well as all the EBs (especially PJT, Centerview, and Lazard). It's obviously the top target for IB in Chicago, and places well to the SF tech and HC scenes too (heard Chicago's actually the largest feeder or second largest feeder to MS Menlo and Qatalyst, not sure if it's true but certainly squares with where people I know placed).
The one thing to consider is that it's hard. You will certainly learn to work hard, think critically/as an economist, and manage time well at Chicago – in my experience this has been very valuable in my career, but if you are only in it to get out with a job and not work along the way, it's the wrong place to be.
I think the obvious choice here is Cornell for great placement and D1 sports
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