USNEW Rankings & UG Business Programs

parikhs · 11-12-2005, 09:25 AM

I've been told that the USNEWS rankings proves nothing in the end. Can anyone link me to a page that shows which UG colleges top IB Companies recruit from? Basically I'm trying to find an undergrad business program where I can major in finance and have a good opportunity to get recruited after my senior year.

Tpeck · 11-12-2005, 10:47 AM

Carnegie Mellon University (Tepper)
Cornell University
Emory University (Goizuetta)
Georgetown University (McDonough)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Sloan)
New York University (Stern)
University of California-Berkeley (Haas)
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor (Ross)
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill (Kenan Flagler)
University of Notre Dame
University of Pennsylvania (Wharton)
University of Southern California (Marshall)
University of Texas-Austin (McCombs)
University of Virginia (McIntire)
Washington University-St Louis (Olin)

parikhs · 11-12-2005, 12:57 PM

Damn, I have no chance at any of those:

3.6 UW GPA
1270 M/V SAT's

I applied ED to Stern, praying I get in.

nightfly · 11-12-2005, 01:13 PM

What about some of these?

University of Texas–Austin
Indiana University–Bloomington
Ohio State University–Columbus
U of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign
Pennsylvania State U.–University Park
University of Florida
University of Washington
Univ. of Wisconsin–Madison
Boston College
Purdue Univ.–West Lafayette
CUNY–Baruch College
University of Illinois–Chicago
Univ. of Maryland–College Park

mackinaw · 11-12-2005, 01:15 PM

Michigan State University (Broad School) is highly recruited and has strong international focus.

hotctyplaya · 11-12-2005, 01:34 PM

UMCP, Illinois-Urbana, and Penn State are prob. the best off that list.

mahras2 · 11-12-2005, 01:36 PM

Quote:

Michigan State University (Broad School) is highly recruited and has strong international focus

For ibanking? Unless its back office work thats not true.

If you want to major in business and have a good shot at getting recruited head to these schools:

Wharton, MIT, Cornell, Michigan (Ross), Stern, UVa, Gtown, UNC.

You can probably get in from others but it will be harder.

mackinaw · 11-12-2005, 01:59 PM

You're stating the obvious and ignoring the obvious. First, if you can get into one of the top dozen or so schools, do it. If you can't you need something other than an obvious list. That's what the OP was looking for. Second, IBanking is an extremely narrow focus, and you don't "major" in it as an undergrad. It makes much better sense to look for schools that are strong overall and heavily recruited. If you look at WallStJournal and some other rankings you would know that USNews doesn't necessily reflect what recruiters are looking for. Also, you are just looking at "business schools" and there are many colleges that are highly recruited (even for IBanking) that don't have a business major and hence don't get on your narrow-minded list. One example: UChicago.

parikhs · 11-12-2005, 02:08 PM

Thanks mackinaw. Can you show me WallStJournal's rankings? Basically I have no chance at the top business programs, but gave Stern a shot ED because I have some hope. I'm applying to PSU, UMich, BU, BC, Northeastern, Villanova. I need some other good business programs with a good student life as well as good business program that is wellknown by recruiters.

Tpeck · 11-12-2005, 02:24 PM

If I remember right, UT - Austin has an Investment banking track/major within their finance degree.

parikhs · 11-12-2005, 02:28 PM

I don't plan on going that far west. Anywhere in the northeast.

pimpthatthang · 11-12-2005, 02:37 PM

to me, there's wharton and then there's everybody else. stern is only good b/c its AT Wall st. A ross or tepper degree prolly has the same weight as a regular degree from u chicago, northwestern, or a top LAC school such as williams

mahras2 · 11-12-2005, 03:42 PM

Quote:

You're stating the obvious and ignoring the obvious. First, if you can get into one of the top dozen or so schools, do it. If you can't you need something other than an obvious list. That's what the OP was looking for. Second, IBanking is an extremely narrow focus, and you don't "major" in it as an undergrad. It makes much better sense to look for schools that are strong overall and heavily recruited. If you look at WallStJournal and some other rankings you would know that USNews doesn't necessily reflect what recruiters are looking for. Also, you are just looking at "business schools" and there are many colleges that are highly recruited (even for IBanking) that don't have a business major and hence don't get on your narrow-minded list. One example: UChicago.

I have not based my group of list to be what USNEWS reports. If I did Wash U would be on there. I suggest the OP looks at the recruiting websites of the banks and determines it him/herself.
Yes I know there are many schools that have recruiting that dont have business schools. However, I suggest you read the first post the OP posted. He/She wants to major in business and have a good shot at ibank recruiting. Now you posted about Mich State and I responded to it because it is not recruited by ibanks even though it does have a business school.
I would suggest reading the OP's concern first before you start attacking someone else.

Straight from the OP's post:

Quote:

Can anyone link me to a page that shows which UG colleges top IB Companies recruit from? Basically I'm trying to find an undergrad business program where I can major in finance and have a good opportunity to get recruited after my senior year.

quakerman · 11-14-2005, 12:58 AM

"to me, there's wharton and then there's everybody else. stern is only good b/c its AT Wall st. A ross or tepper degree prolly has the same weight as a regular degree from u chicago, northwestern, or a top LAC school such as williams"

I don't even know how to respond to this except to apologize to you for being rejected at NYU.

Untilted · 11-14-2005, 01:12 AM

let me clarify something. tepper grads are not really well-represented on the wall street for some reason.