| That may depend on how you define private equity-if you include VC, then clearly there is a lot going on in California and I suspect that the West Coast colleges would come out looking a lot better. For example, KP and SLP undoubtedly have a very strong relationship with many of the California schools.
As for the undergrad question, I have long argued that many students from non-target undergraduate colleges can find their way to Wall Street, PE and otherwise. Frankly, it is probably more difficult to PE than the traditional investment banking firms. Anyway, as midatlmom points out, there is a lot of evidence in your link of broad undergraduate representation. Perhaps not in the same large numbers as some others, but the door is not fully blocked as others have argued. My longstanding point has been that students should focus more on college fit and where they would be happiest and less on which college might more advantageously position them for a 30-minute interview in their senior year.
As for non-NE firms, clearly TPG would be a good one to consider and I suspect you would find a lot of Rice, U Texas and other TX colleges well represented in their Fort Worth HQ. Likewise with the non-NE offices of the NYC-area firms that dominate your list and the industry. |